Lawrence city commissioners will soon finalize the city’s 2020 budget, which as proposed would hold the property tax rate flat and increase utility rates, parking rates and commissioner pay.
The commission will finalize the budget and the ordinances required to increase the rates as part of its meeting Tuesday. The budget includes a $235.4 million operating budget and about $66 million in capital improvement ...
City leaders will soon discuss a proposal to charge people for disposable grocery and shopping bags in an effort to reduce waste.
As part of its study session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will discuss the Sustainability Advisory Board’s recommendation that the city develop an ordinance that would charge a 16-cent fee per bag upon checkout for both single-use plastic and paper bags, but would exempt ...
Updated at 4 p.m. Monday
Lawrence police have identified the child who was found dead inside a parked car Sunday afternoon as DéVonté Lashawn Turner.
Police Chief Gregory Burns Jr. at a news conference on Monday said the 2-year-old Lawrence boy at the time was in the care of family members who were not his parents, but Burns would not be more specific. He said a death investigation was underway and that it ...
The city of Lawrence’s finances have been red-flagged by auditors after they had to adjust more than $60 million worth of transactions in the city’s 2018 financial records.
Among the most serious of findings: Auditors determined that for 12 months, the city was unable to reconcile its various cash accounts. Financial experts said that is analogous to not being able to balance your checkbook for an entire ...
The Lawrence Community Shelter plans to cut the number of guests it serves by nearly half next month, the shelter board’s president announced in a statement Friday.
The decision to reduce the shelter’s capacity from 125 to 65 by Sept. 1 ultimately comes down to a lack of funding, shelter board President Thea Perry told the Journal-World. But she also said that the shelter, anticipating it would get more ...
Before any companies are allowed to bring rentable electric scooters to the streets of Lawrence, the city’s Transportation Commission wants a pilot study to be conducted.
Two companies have already requested permission to bring scooter rental businesses to Lawrence, and the Transportation Commission voted during its meeting this week to create a subcommittee to develop a pilot program to test out scooters. ...
