Citing concerns about pay and working conditions, a third group of city employees is seeking to unionize under the Teamsters.
Teamsters Local Union No. 696 filed a petition with the City of Lawrence earlier this month to conduct an election for the city’s maintenance and Parks and Recreation workers. The Lawrence City Commission will consider approving a resolution to set dates for an election as part of its ...
An upcoming community forum aims to provide information and answer questions about current voting legislation and the ongoing congressional redistricting process.
Jamie Shew, the Douglas County clerk and election officer, and Melissa Stiehler, advocacy director for Loud Light, will host the Voting Rights Forum on Sunday. The forum will cover current local, state and national voting rights legislation and ...
The Douglas County Commission has deferred its acceptance of a $450,000 Sunflower Foundation Health Care for Kansas Grant.
County Administrator Sarah Plinsky told the commission at its meeting Wednesday that some aspects of the grant agreement were still being finalized, and that the item would come back to the commission at a later date.
The grant will go to support the county’s integrated system of care ...
The City of Lawrence is increasing its efforts to hire lifeguards for the summer in hopes of preventing the delays in pool openings and other disruptions caused by lifeguard shortages last year.
Last summer, Aquatics Supervisor Lori Madaus said the city was only able to fill 60 of the 100 lifeguard positions it needed to have the two city pools fully operational. The Outdoor Aquatic Center opened a couple of ...
After a new traffic control effort in Old West Lawrence did not significantly reduce the number of cars traveling through the neighborhood, traffic engineers are preparing to make changes to the layout.
Traffic engineers working with the City of Lawrence on the pilot project presented the first set of before-and-after vehicle data Tuesday as part of an open house for OWL residents, introduced a preliminary ...
Douglas County has been awarded a $450,000 grant that will help support behavioral health crisis treatment over the next three years.
The Douglas County Commission is scheduled to accept the Sunflower Foundation Health Care for Kansas Grant as part of its meeting Wednesday. The grant will go to support the county’s integrated system of care for mental health crisis and other behavioral health issues.
The ...
