Among the many factors working against the City of Lawrence's efforts to have denser, more environmentally sustainable and ultimately more affordable housing is a development trend happening on land just beyond the city’s boundaries.
Recent decades have seen a boom of rural neighborhoods with multi-acre lots near the city’s boundaries, precluding denser city expansion in those areas and creating other ...
City leaders will soon review the latest draft of the downtown master plan that will shape development in the downtown district for years to come.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider adopting the Downtown Lawrence Plan. The commission’s review was delayed after a community steering committee reviewing the plan raised some concerns, and the commission gave the committee ...
In a year in which students at Haskell Indian Nations University were sent home to study remotely amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Haskell Indian Leader student newspaper not only continued to get a paper out, but produced award-winning work.
The Native American Journalists Association announced this week that the Haskell Indian Leader staff had won 14 awards, including the first-place award for general ...
County leaders have approved the budget for a jail maintenance project that is about $1.5 million more than initially planned.
As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission voted unanimously to approve a total project budget of $5.6 million and the guaranteed maximum price proposal with Turner Construction in the amount of about $5.3 million, according to a county staff memo. Earlier this ...
County leaders will soon consider approving the budget for a multimillion-dollar jail maintenance project.
As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission will consider approving a total project budget of $5.6 million and the guaranteed maximum price proposal with Turner Construction in the amount of about $5.3 million, according to a county staff memo.
The commission has indicated support for ...
County leaders will soon consider approving an agreement for a "housing first" pilot program that would seek to quickly place people experiencing homelessness in their own housing while also providing them “wrap-around” support services.
As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission will consider approving the county’s part of a grant agreement with the Kansas Department for Aging and ...
