Story updated at 7:30 p.m. July 13, 2018. The results of a community survey indicate that most Lawrence residents of color think Lawrence police are biased against their community. The City of Lawrence commissioned Allegro Training & Consulting to conduct the survey and related analysis in July 2017. The online survey was voluntary and anonymous, and 774 responses were received. About 125 respondents ...
City leaders will soon decide what to do with more than $2 million of additional revenue for this year, and early discussions point to the city putting it in a reserve fund or spending it rather than using it to directly provide tax relief. As part of their work session this week, Lawrence city commissioners provided city staff some general direction regarding what could be done with the surplus. City staff is ...
The results of a community survey on Lawrence police relations will soon be posted publicly after some criticized the city for a delay in releasing the data. At the Lawrence City Commission meeting Tuesday, City Manager Tom Markus told commissioners that the city would post the report from the consultants hired to conduct the survey. He said the city had not previously released the report because city staff ...
Representatives of the city and the local police officers union began mediated contract negotiations Wednesday. Negotiations between the Lawrence Police Officers Association and the city are governed by a local resolution, which states that whenever a contract is negotiated, the negotiations are automatically considered to be at an impasse if they aren't concluded by July 1. The city and LPOA have yet to agree ...
After more than three hours of public comment, city leaders voted to move forward with a proposal to add a mural to the exterior of the public library, but with a caveat that a contract with the lead artist return to them for review. The commission voted, 4-1, with Mayor Stuart Boley dissenting, to accept a request from artist group Womxn of Color to donate and install the mural on the ground-level concrete ...
To help rid the waterway of pollution, a local preservation group will be bringing native trees such as cottonwoods and pawpaws back to the banks of the Kansas River. Friends of the Kaw, a nonprofit preservation and advocacy group, was recently awarded a nearly $78,000 Douglas County Natural and Cultural Heritage Grant to help restore native tree and plant species to an approximately 1-mile stretch of land ...