The majority of Lawrence residents who responded to a city survey about sidewalk repair said the city should take full financial responsibility for repairs, adding more weight to discussions about potential changes to the city’s current cost-share program.
The Lawrence City Commission will receive the survey results as part of its meeting Tuesday. The city put out the survey in October to ask residents to ...
The City of Lawrence and the union representing about 100 city utilities and public works employees have approved the group’s first contract.
The employee group voted to organize under Teamsters Local Union No. 696 in October 2021, and negotiations for the contract began in January, according to a city staff memo. The contract, which was approved by city leaders and the union earlier this month, covers the ...
New City of Lawrence utility rates will soon go into effect, bringing increases to water/sewer, storm water and solid waste costs for Lawrence residents and businesses in the first months of the new year.
The Lawrence City Commission approved the capital projects, operational costs and staff raises driving the rate increase as part of its 2023 budget process, and finalized the last of the specific rate ...
City of Lawrence leaders have approved their annual list of legislative priorities, which includes Medicaid expansion, efforts to address the housing shortage, and development of renewable energy.
The Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously as part of a meeting earlier this month to approve the priorities. The list was compiled with input from commissioners and city staff, and Commissioner Amber Sellers ...
City leaders have approved spending $4.5 million to create a site with modular homes for people experiencing homelessness as part of a larger plan to spend more than $8 million in pandemic relief aid.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission received an updated recommendation from city staff that allocated $8.485 million of the city’s roughly $10 million in remaining American Rescue Plan ...
Lawrence city leaders will soon continue their discussion regarding how the city should spend close to $8.5 million in remaining pandemic relief aid.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will receive an updated recommendation from city staff regarding how it should spend the remaining $8.485 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds.
Previously, the city recommended spending $8.29 ...
