Alarm.com is a publicly traded company that has quietly opened an office in downtown Lawrence. It provides a lot of the technology that makes smart homes — remote control of everything from lights to door bells — possible. But I wonder if the company knows anything about smart offices. Its Lawrence office is located above an ice cream shop.
I wouldn’t call that smart. I would call that freaking ...
You thought your natural gas bill was bad following last month’s arctic blast. Just try paying the one sitting on the desk at the Tulsa headquarters of One Gas Inc.
One Gas is the parent company of Kansas Gas Service, one of the largest gas utilities in the state. To meet its customers’ gas needs during the polar vortex, the company spent $2.2 billion on natural gas purchases in February. That’s ...
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. ...
