City leaders will soon consider significant changes to the way the city handles Airbnb properties and other short-term rentals.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider adopting new regulations for whole-home short-term rentals, where the property owner lives elsewhere. Specifically, the commission will consider adopting an ordinance that would permit whole-home rentals as a ...
If a recently proposed bill makes it into law, it would stop a long-running effort by the City of Lawrence to develop an ordinance to ban or limit the use of disposable plastic bags.
On Tuesday, a new bill was introduced in the Kansas House Commerce Committee that prohibits municipalities from regulating plastic or paper shopping or carryout bags and other single-use plastic items, such as straws and stirrers. ...
City leaders will soon decide whether to commit to running on all renewable energy in the coming years.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider adopting an ordinance that establishes municipal and community-wide goals to achieve 100% renewable energy. In December, the commission voted unanimously to direct city staff to draft an ordinance to achieve use of 100% renewable ...
Story updated at 3:42 p.m. Thursday
The City of Lawrence is considering lowering the speed limit on residential streets to help address concerns about speeding in neighborhoods.
Currently, the standard speed limit for residential streets is 30 mph, though some variations exist, according to city maps. The city has launched a survey to gather feedback about potentially reducing the speed limit. City officials ...
A temporary cold-weather shelter for the homeless has found another church to house the program, although the location of that church is not being disclosed.
The Lawrence Winter Shelter program announced in a Facebook post on Monday that it had found another location and needed volunteers to cover supervision this week so that it could open. The program only shelters guests overnight when nighttime temperatures ...
City leaders expressed support for a draft Lawrence Police Department policy that would limit police's cooperation with federal immigration agents.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission provided input to city staff on the police draft policy, as well as a draft city ordinance regarding how city staff interacts with undocumented immigrants. Commissioners said they were generally satisfied ...
