Douglas County leaders will soon consider approving paid leave for county employees who will not be working because of the coronavirus outbreak.
As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission will consider a proposal to pay employees regardless of whether they must report to work under the stay-at-home order issued by local health officials in response to the virus. Department heads have ...
Midco is working with local school districts to make sure that students learning from home because of the coronavirus outbreak have the internet access they need to study remotely.
In a message sent to schools about why Midco is providing the free service, the company states that Midco admires the efforts of educators to support their students and continue their education and that internet access is key to ...
As the Lawrence school district prepares to launch remote learning next week, Superintendent Anthony Lewis said he understood parents are handling a lot right now and the transition into learning from home would be gradual.
At the Lawrence school board’s meeting Monday, Lewis said he realized that, due to the coronavirus outbreak, some parents are working from home on top of having their kids there all day. ...
The coronavirus outbreak has caused local bus routes to reduce their service and some bus drivers have been asked to leave their jobs.
To help control the spread of COVID-19, the University of Kansas canceled all in-person classes for the spring semester and suspended all nonessential research activity. Transit and Parking Manager Adam Weigel said in an email to the Journal-World that KU On Wheels decided to ...
Lawrence developer Thomas Fritzel has chosen not to appeal the city’s revocation of his contractor license following his recent felony convictions, and work on his most recent project has resumed under a new contractor.
In February, the City of Lawrence revoked Fritzel’s license following his felony convictions related to illegal asbestos disposal during a 2016 renovation project, and it ordered all work to ...
With some Lawrence businesses closing temporarily or seeing drastic reductions in customers because of the coronavirus pandemic, city leaders will soon need to manage how the potential drop in sales tax collections affects the city’s budget.
City Manager Craig Owens told the Journal-World this week that the city has already started to have conversations about the budgetary impact of the business slowdown ...
