The Lawrence City Commission will soon consider a nondiscrimination ordinance regarding undocumented immigrants and whether the commission should also have more oversight of police policies that affect those populations.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the City Commission will consider adopting an ordinance codifying city policies and practices concerning immigrants. It includes provisions that would prevent ...
A University of Kansas architecture program is proposing to build a tiny-home village that will provide housing for homeless people.
The Studio 804 tiny-home project, Monarch Village, is a change from past projects, which typically involve energy-efficient single-family homes that are sold on the open market. Under the proposed partnership with the Lawrence Community Shelter, Studio 804 would essentially donate ...
Story updated at 5:47 p.m. Wednesday:
Lawrence developer Thomas Fritzel has been sentenced to a year in prison for his scheme to collect fraudulent tax refunds from the City of Lawrence, and the judge is not recommending Fritzel be allowed to serve that sentence in his multimillion-dollar home as requested.
Fritzel previously pleaded guilty to one count of criminal conspiracy for scheming to collect ...
Updated at 5:34 p.m. Tuesday
After fewer businesses than anticipated opted to use a temporary downtown layout meant to give businesses more room to operate outdoors amid the coronavirus pandemic, the city will be reverting the unused expansion areas back to angled parking.
The City of Lawrence announced in a news release Tuesday that the angled parking will automatically be restored to all businesses that are ...
Lawrence City Manager Craig Owens told city leaders that the debate about the city’s upcoming 2021 budget may stretch well beyond its typical summer timeframe, with significant changes likely to be made in the first quarter of next year.
That’s because Owens is proposing a recommended budget that he says will function as a placeholder while the city gathers additional input from the community about ...
Lawrence City Manager Craig Owens is proposing a recommended budget that he says will function as a placeholder while the city gathers additional input from the community about spending priorities amid the coronavirus pandemic and calls for police reform.
The recommended budget totals about $291 million and will be presented to the City Commission for initial input at its work session Tuesday. The commission ...
