Douglas County leaders will consider extending the public health order that requires face coverings for those ages 2 and older inside public spaces in Douglas County. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission will consider extending the health order for approximately another month, through Feb. 9. The commission could rescind or modify the order before that if deemed necessary. Douglas ...
City leaders have approved allocating $850,000 from a city trust fund for five affordable housing efforts, and the discussion will continue about what the city’s strategy should be for the fund going forward. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to approve the funding recommendation from the city’s Affordable Housing Advisory Board. Commissioners previously ...
City leaders have directed the Community Police Review Board to form a larger work group that will more broadly consider police oversight. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the commission provided new direction to the board based on the recommendation of an outside consultant that the board stop its long-running process of drafting a new version of its governing ordinance to expand its purview over complaints ...
Citing concerns about fair access, Lawrence city leaders voted to defer a decision regarding a $1.5 million project to resurface two grass soccer fields with artificial turf at the Clinton Lake Youth Sports Complex. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the commission voted 4-1, with Commissioner Brad Finkeldei opposed, to defer a decision on the project as well as the consideration of a proposed user agreement with ...
When Jennifer McKnight started Arizona Trading Co. at the age of 22, she didn’t have much beyond the used clothes she was selling, but apparently that was enough. McKnight said the shop had no display shelves and didn’t even have a checkout counter at first until an old wooden one was dragged up from the basement of a nearby shop. She hung her offerings from the drop ceilings of the shop along with a disco ...
After technical issues delayed the discussion, Lawrence city leaders will soon consider how to proceed after an outside consultant recommended that the city halt the current process to improve the community board meant to provide oversight of complaints against police. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will discuss concerns voiced by the Community Police Review Board about the ...