Lawrence city leaders are moving forward with creating a committee to study potential changes to the city’s form of government, potentially paving the way for a citywide election to decide on any changes.
As part of its study session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission discussed alternative structures to the city’s current commission-manager form of government, including having a directly elected mayor, ...
City leaders voted to defer hiring a consultant to help guide a community steering committee that will discuss a controversial project to extend a road near the Mutt Run Off-Leash Dog Park.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the commission considered awarding a $97,670 contract to JEO Consulting Group for community engagement services for the road extension project, which many dog park users strongly oppose. ...
Lawrence city leaders on Tuesday strongly condemned the recent violence at the U.S. Capitol and the votes of Lawrence’s congressional delegation not to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
At the Lawrence City Commission's regular meeting, Commissioner Lisa Larsen expressed her anger about the storming of the Capitol last week by a pro-Donald Trump mob and the subsequent actions of some elected ...
Lawrence city leaders will soon discuss the possibility of changing the city’s form of government, including having a directly elected mayor or election by districts.
As part of its study session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will discuss alternative structures to the city’s current form of government, as well as potential procedures for making those changes. To inform the discussion, city legal ...
As the coronavirus pandemic and related health orders closed and limited businesses, the City of Lawrence planned for multimillion-dollar revenue losses. However, that worst-case scenario did not occur, putting the city in a stronger-than-anticipated position going into 2021.
Though the city did see significant drops in several revenue streams, some were not as bad as expected, and the pandemic created some ...
As costs for damages at a hotel-based winter shelter for homeless people have grown to more than $17,000, those running the program say they are taking away second chances for the guests who have been causing the damage.
The city of Lawrence, which is funding the program, coordinated with the faith group Justice Matters and the Coalition for Homeless Concerns to open the overnight drop-in shelter beginning ...
