It was a tale of two nonprofits on the first day of deliberations for the 2022 Douglas County budget.
A group of nonprofits that provide social services to area residents tentatively won about $200,000 in additional county funding, while a nonprofit that aims to grow biotech firms in the community faced an unexpected $100,000 cut to its budget.
All three county commissioners on Tuesday presented their ...
From climate change to changing the look of far west Lawrence, it is on the to-do list for the city-county planning department in 2022.
At their meeting Tuesday evening, Lawrence city commissioners signed off on a 2022 work plan for the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Department that will include a major study of how approximately 2,400 acres west of the South Lawrence Trafficway bypass should be developed in ...
There is confidence, and then there is confidence with a poker chip in your hand. Confidence levels have been known to fall as your hand drops toward the table to place your bet.
In a sense, Douglas County commissioners have that chip in their hands and will start deciding this coming week on whether to place the bet. Whether Douglas County property owners see their tax rates go up is at stake.
(I’ve been ...
The Lawrence City Commission is scheduled to get the ball rolling on a project that will rebuild a portion of Wakarusa Drive in west Lawrence.
Commissioners at their Tuesday evening meeting are being asked to approve a nearly $400,000 contract for engineering work related to rebuilding Wakarusa Drive between Clinton Parkway and Research Park Way.
City officials are recommending the project due to “severe ...
The “low fuel” light on the F150 was on, and my mind already had jumped to the logical solution for my predicament: I guess I’m driving the lawn mower to work. You see, the gas station I was at for my morning fill-up was completely out of gas.
I’ve heard from enough of you to know that you’ve experienced that a few times too in the last few weeks. I was at a Casey’s that particular morning — and ...
I remember years ago when I covered the news that Garmin — the highly successful, publicly traded GPS company headquartered in Johnson County — had opened an office in the business incubator space on KU’s West Campus.
Garmin may need a few things (like a less judgmental voice when I very, very rarely make a wrong turn), but it certainly doesn’t need to be incubated. Instead, the technology company was ...
