The City of Lawrence has canceled various meetings this week to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, raising the question of how city business will be conducted during the pandemic.
The City Commission held only a short meeting Tuesday, but it had previously deferred all of its regular agenda items to deter people from gathering. As the week went on and stricter health orders were issued to prevent the ...
Story last updated at 6:06 p.m. Wednesday
After orders to close school facilities, Lawrence public school employees will continue to be paid through the end of the academic year, the district announced late Wednesday afternoon.
But long-term plans are still being developed for some other area government and school district employees affected by closures related to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Douglas County’s ...
The City of Lawrence will close all city buildings to the public, including City Hall, in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
The city announced the closure at the Lawrence City Commission's meeting on Tuesday, which was held not long after the announcement of Douglas County’s first case of COVID-19. During remarks at the beginning of the meeting, which was broadcast online, Mayor Jennifer Ananda urged ...
While advocates have been working with Lawrence City Hall on policies to make it less likely that immigrants will be detained solely for immigration violations, there are signs their sights soon may shift to the Douglas County Jail.
A review by the Journal-World found the jail follows a system — which uses fingerprint files that are sent to federal immigration officials — that can result in immigrants ...
The city’s new $19.5 million police headquarters is now halfway complete, and police representatives say the project could far exceed original goals to bring more police under one roof.
The project’s halfway point was marked with the placement of the final piece of the structure’s steel framing during a “topping out” ceremony on Friday. City staff, police and city commissioners who have been involved ...
Story updated at 4:49 p.m. Wednesday:
The recently restored Santa Fe train depot could soon have an additional use, though city leaders acknowledged the potential tenant is not exactly what they had imagined.
The City of Lawrence put out a request for proposals last spring for a currently unused space in the depot, which the city restored last year, and received two tenant proposals. The city had been hoping ...
