City leaders will soon decide whether to move forward with a pilot program for electric scooters.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider issuing a request for qualifications for the scooter pilot program. City staff plan to select up to two companies to participate in the pilot program, which calls for a deployment of 500 scooters for six months, according to a city staff ...
As temperatures drop and forecasts call for snow, several individuals and organizations have come together to provide a temporary overnight shelter for the homeless.
The Lawrence Community Shelter has been operating at a reduced capacity because of financial issues, and some homeless people have been forced to sleep outdoors as a result. But city code allows religious organizations to operate temporary ...
An anonymous donor will be contributing up to $10,000 to the Lawrence Public Library, promising to provide a dollar-for-dollar match to the library’s long-term endowment for every dollar the community provides for immediate library needs.
The idea for the donation came from the upcoming merger of two fundraising groups that support the library — the Friends of the Lawrence Public Library and the Lawrence ...
Because of a staff shortage, city bus drivers have spent weeks putting in mandatory overtime behind the wheel.
Local union leader Justin Priest, who is president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1754, said drivers have had to work a mandatory extra shift for more than a month, typically driving 48 hours per week. Priest said that he was not sure when drivers would be able to resume their normal schedules and ...
The City of Lawrence has denied claims that its police department used excessive force against a motorist who was shot by police and instead claims that the motorist’s conduct led to the incident.
Akira S. Lewis was shot by police after a traffic stop turned violent and in September filed a lawsuit claiming that police used excessive force against him and that the city failed to properly train its officers. ...
Municipal Services and Operations Assistant Director Chuck Soules will be leaving his position with the City of Lawrence.
City spokesman Porter Arneill said that Soules started with the city as public works director in February 2002. Following the merger of the public works and utilities department, Soules was appointed assistant director of the new MSO department in August 2018.
Arneill said that Soules’ ...
