Questions emerged Wednesday about the departure of two top executives at Heartland Community Health Center after one disclosed she has hired an attorney regarding a previous racial discrimination complaint against Heartland.
New information about turnover in the top ranks of Heartland — which is a safety-net health care provider in Lawrence — came out at Wednesday’s Douglas County Commission meeting. ...
Local social service organizations received encouraging words on Wednesday that they may get a significant amount of the $23 million in federal pandemic relief funding that has been awarded to Douglas County.
They also may be getting a new county-funded position that aims to better organize and coordinate the multitude of social programs that help with affordable housing, rent and utility assistance.
Douglas ...
The potential for financial woe at the Watkins Museum of History seems a little bit less than it did weeks ago when the downtown museum was contemplating its 2022 budget.
No, Douglas County commissioners on Tuesday — the second day of budget hearings for the county — did not express support for an $85,000 funding request from Watkins that was aimed to shore up the operations of the museum and avoid staff ...
There are now signs that the economic recovery in Lawrence and Douglas County has a roar to it, at least when it comes to retail spending.
The state released its latest sales tax numbers — which cover sales made largely in April — and they show Lawrence cash registers were ringing during the month. Local sales tax collections were up 33% compared to the same time period a year ago.
Of course, April 2020 ...
Douglas County commissioners on Monday completed their first day of budget hearings, and didn’t give many clues about whether they are on board with a recommended budget that would increase the property tax rate.
“We still have a lot of hearings before we know where we are going to land on that,” Douglas County Commission Chair Shannon Portillo said.
Commissioners also may be interested in listening in ...
I have breakfast on my mind, which is less of a mess than I usually make with breakfast. There are at least three new developments on the Lawrence breakfast front worth keeping an eye on. Here’s a look:
— I sure hope the “springs” in Blue Springs, Mo., flow with maple syrup. A crew of Hy-Vee employees in Blue Springs made 13,000 pancakes in a single day last week. Why? Well, to get listed in the ...
