Lawrence city leaders have approved their annual list of legislative priorities, including several additions regarding state support for local government responses to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Lawrence City Commission provides the priority statement annually to the local state legislative delegation ahead of its session, and city staff uses the statement to guide input on legislation. Issues related to the ...
It has been 70 years since the city decided on its current government structure, and Lawrence city leaders say it’s time to reconsider whether it’s still the best fit.
Commissioner Jennifer Ananda, who just finished a yearlong term as mayor, recently suggested that Lawrence consider whether it would benefit the city to have a directly elected full-time mayor. Her fellow city commissioners agreed that the ...
The Kansas Board of Regents is moving forward with a recommendation to study possibilities for a debt forgiveness program that aims to keep graduates of Kansas universities and colleges from leaving the state.
The board discussed the recommendation as part of its meeting Thursday, where Blake Flanders, president and chief executive officer of the board, said the plan is to gather data on the financing of such ...
With more than 100 homeless people currently living outside, city leaders have voted to create a temporary winter shelter program that uses hotels, and they've also approved additional funding to allow the program to house more people than initially proposed.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to approve a city-led program that will use hotel rooms to provide shelter ...
City leaders have approved sales and property tax breaks for the expansion of an alcoholic beverage distribution company in northern Lawrence.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to approve an economic development assistance request from LRICO Services LLC to expand the existing Standard Beverage building located in the Timberedge Industrial Park. Commissioners said ...
City leaders will soon consider creating a new temporary winter shelter program that will house homeless people in hotel rooms for the next few months.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider authorizing the city to make agreements with the local homeless shelter and a hotel to provide the program. The initial $250,000 in funding for the program will come from federal ...
