Just over half of respondents to a city survey about potential ordinances regarding disposable plastic and paper bags indicated they favored banning plastic bags, a city advisory panel learned Wednesday.
Lawrence-Douglas County Sustainability Director Jasmin Moore presented results from the survey to the Sustainability Advisory Board as part of its regular meeting. Moore said more than 600 people completed ...
City leaders are interested in discussing potential changes to the local resolution governing city employee unions.
As part of its study session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission received a report from the area union Teamsters Local 696 regarding Resolution No. 6817, which the commission can amend at its discretion.
Matt Hall, secretary-treasurer and business agent for Teamsters Local 696, told the ...
The city’s Affordable Housing Advisory Board is asking whether part of the money from the city’s affordable housing sales tax should be earmarked for social services such as housing vouchers.
The board had the discussion at its meeting Monday, following its most recent round of funding. None of the funding, which was the first to use dollars generated from a citywide sales tax for affordable housing ...
City leaders will soon hear from an area union that would like the city to make changes to its local resolution governing employee unions.
As part of its study session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will receive a report from Teamsters Local 696 regarding Resolution No. 6817, which the commission can amend at its discretion. Representatives of the union say there is a group of city employees interested ...
There are approximately 1,000 fewer daily trips being taken on the bus today than there were two years ago, and some city leaders are asking whether making the bus free could help bring more people to the bus stop.
For only the second time since service began in 2000, ridership on Lawrence buses is set to drop two years in a row. The drop in ridership amounts to an average monthly ridership that is about 27,000 ...
Come this spring, those who water their lawns or otherwise use larger than average amounts of water will have to pay 10% to 15% more for those extra gallons.
The Lawrence City Commission finalized this week the long-discussed inclining block rate structure for residential water fees, which will charge more per gallon for those who use large amounts of water in an effort to encourage conservation. The city will ...
