The Lawrence City Commission has approved grants to fund 22 local events next year, including a traveling exhibit about abolitionist John Brown, the National Granny Basketball Tournament and a community circus.
While those events may be less familiar to Lawrence residents, many long-running local events, such as the Free State Festival, the Santa Rescue and Holiday Lighting Ceremony, and the Downtown Lawrence ...
The question of whether expanding the city’s boundaries to build new neighborhoods ends up benefiting or burdening the city’s budget will soon be answered.
The City of Lawrence will be coordinating a study to determine the cost of growth for various types of development on the overall community and its individual taxing jurisdictions, namely the city, county and school district, according to a staff memo ...
Lawrence developer Thomas Fritzel is preparing to withdraw his not-guilty plea in a federal fraud case.
Fritzel and his bookkeeper, Keela Lam, then 52 and 46 respectively, were indicted in June 2018 on charges of scheming to collect more than $400,000 in fraudulent tax refunds from the City of Lawrence in relation to his development of The Oread hotel, 1200 Oread Ave. The case is set to go to trial Jan. 21, ...
The Lawrence Public Library board voted to eliminate fines for overdue books and other media beginning next year, but not before hearing concerns from some residents.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the library Board of Trustees voted unanimously to eliminate late fines from the library’s circulation policy. Library patrons would still be charged for lost or damaged items. Patrons would be blocked from ...
City leaders have indicated they would like to commit to running on all renewable energy in the coming years.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission received a recommendation from the Sustainability Advisory Board to adopt a policy committing to 100% renewable energy for city operations and, ultimately, the entire community. The commission voted unanimously to direct city staff to draft an ...
City leaders will soon discuss whether to commit to running on all renewable energy in the coming years.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will receive a recommendation from the Sustainability Advisory Board to adopt a policy committing to 100% renewable energy for city operations and, ultimately, the entire community.
Lawrence-Douglas County Sustainability Director Jasmin Moore ...
