Douglas County leaders will soon consider changes to fireworks regulations that would increase requirements on fireworks stands and prohibit people from setting off fireworks on county properties such as Lone Star Lake and Wells Overlook Park.
As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission will consider adopting a new home rule resolution to replace the existing resolution regarding the use and ...
After an outside study of Lawrence's and Douglas County's emergency medical services agreement called for the county to increase its contribution, city leaders said Tuesday that they were ready to move toward the creation of a new agreement.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission received a report regarding the EMS study, which was recently completed by the Public Policy and Management ...
Lawrence city leaders will soon discuss an outside study of the city's agreement with Douglas County to jointly fund and provide emergency medical services, the results of which call for the county to increase how much money it provides toward the service.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will receive a report regarding the EMS study, which was recently completed by The Public ...
Some of the city’s unsheltered homeless people have set up their campsites along the Kansas River, where the budding trees will soon help obscure them from view. Others, though, seem to have decided the safest place to camp is out in the open.
In Watson Park, a handful of tents are pitched among the park’s looping sidewalks. On Thursday afternoon, a jogger makes his rounds, people from the nearby ...
City leaders will soon consider adopting an ordinance that would ban so-called conversion therapy that aims to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider adopting Ordinance 9828, which would prohibit the practice of conversion therapy for minors. The idea for such an ordinance was initially discussed last year, and ...
Following the recent rewrite of pandemic management laws by the Kansas Legislature, county leaders are now preparing to be the arbiters of future health orders such as mask mandates and gathering limits.
As part of the Douglas County Commission's meeting Wednesday, legal counsel for Douglas County provided details about how the recent changes affect health orders and the commission’s new role in those ...
