Sometimes you get your tax bill and think you need your eyes checked. There are a pair of building projects underway in west Lawrence that might play a role in both. Plans have been filed for two new office buildings — one for a tax preparation and accounting firm and another for an eye care center. First, let’s do the taxes because they wait for no one (at least, not without penalty and interest.) The ...
It was a good day for liquor in Lawrence on Tuesday. In fact, liquor was the latest sign that Lawrence’s job market might have better days in the future. First was the big news that public health officials have lifted some COVID-19 restrictions that once again will allow bars and restaurants to stay open until 2 a.m. That should provide a boost to wait staff and bartenders across the city. But just an hour ...
One of the mission projects that Velocity Church pastor and co-founder Justin Jenkins is particularly proud of is an effort that gave away an entire semitrailer of groceries to people in need. Maybe he should have sensed at that moment that his church was destined to become one of the biggest in the city by moving into a former grocery store building. Indeed, that is the plan for Velocity Church. It has filed ...
I’m not at all complaining — or psychoanalyzing — that I got an ear hair trimmer for Christmas. That said, there is some evidence of Grinchlike behavior in Lawrence this holiday shopping season. Sales tax numbers for the key holiday shopping period were down in Lawrence — and more so than they were statewide. Lawrence City Hall recently received its February sales tax check from the state of Kansas. ...
Earlier this month as rolling power blackouts crawled across Kansas, a couple of numbers stuck in the minds of residents: 20 below zero and 1 hour. The first was the outside temperature in many parts of the state. The second was the maximum amount of time that Evergy, the state’s largest electric utility, originally had estimated any home would be without power during the winter storm. Those estimates ...
Homeowners who generate their own solar power to supply part of their electricity needs will no longer be charged a special fee by the state’s largest electric utility, Kansas regulators have ruled. The Kansas Corporation Commission on Thursday issued an order that repeals a special rate system for customers of Evergy who produce their own power through solar panels or other means. The ruling means that ...