City leaders have voted to approve code changes that would allow downtown businesses to expand their operations into what are currently angled parking spots, but exactly what that downtown layout will look like and how much parking will be retained is not yet decided.
Late Tuesday, during a meeting that stretched into early Wednesday morning, the Lawrence City Commission voted 3-2, with commissioners Lisa ...
Updated at 4:46 p.m. Wednesday
City leaders have approved changes to the city’s no-camping rules to be more accommodating to homeless people when local shelters are full.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted 4-1, with Mayor Jennifer Ananda opposed, to add an exemption to the city ordinance that currently makes it illegal to camp on public right-of-way. The exemption, aimed at ...
For about an hour, a group of protesters Tuesday made expletive-laden demands for Lawrence city commissioners to release a black man who has been in the Douglas County Jail awaiting a murder trial for five years.
Protesters flowed into City Hall chambers demanding that the commission defund the Lawrence Police Department and that city leaders use their connections to county offices handling the case to address ...
City leaders will soon decide whether to approve a temporary layout for downtown that limits parking in an effort to give businesses more space to safely operate during the coronavirus pandemic.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission could approve the temporary layout as proposed, approve a modified version of the layout, direct staff to explore more options, or make no changes, according ...
City leaders will soon consider a plan for how to spend more than $1.5 million in federal funding from the Community Development Block Grant and Home Investment Partnerships programs.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider the 2020 spending plan, which would allocate $1.53 million for various community and social service organizations. Recipients would include the Lawrence ...
Over the past two years, no member of the general public has laid eyes on details of the more than 25 complaints made against Lawrence police, and none of the cases has been reviewed by the city's Community Police Review Board.
But as calls for police reform and accountability are heard across the country, city leaders are saying the public should know more.
Police department reports that are publicly ...
