City leaders will soon consider allocating more than $1 million from a city trust fund for affordable housing efforts, and as part of those considerations they will discuss a fundamental question about the best use for those funds.
The city’s Affordable Housing Advisory Board opened applications for up to $1.23 million in trust fund money this fall, and it received six applications totaling $1.35 million in ...
Due to a delay in receiving the required testing supplies, the City of Lawrence is still waiting to begin its COVID-19 testing program for unvaccinated city employees, but it anticipates it will be able to begin the program soon.
It has been more than three months since the city announced it would begin mandatory COVID testing for unvaccinated employees, but Shelby Patch, the city’s risk manager, said delays ...
Two years after the Lawrence Public Library decided to eliminate fines for overdue books, library leaders say the change has not adversely affected the turnaround of materials and has improved overall access to the library.
The library Board of Trustees voted unanimously to eliminate late fines for overdue books and other media beginning in January 2020. LPL Executive Director Brad Allen said that eliminating ...
Lawrence-Douglas County Sustainability Director Jasmin Moore has left her position, and the city and county have both named staff members who will be taking on duties related to environmental sustainability on an interim basis.
The city and county jointly fund the sustainability director position, and Moore recently left her role after close to four years of leading the efforts of both local governments. ...
After putting out an urgent call for volunteers last week, the City of Lawrence received nearly 100 inquiries from people interested helping staff the city-run winter emergency shelter.
On Wednesday, the city said that it might need to close the free, temporary shelter at the Community Building, 115 W. 11th St., if more volunteers did not come forward. Since then, Stephen Mason, the city’s volunteer ...
A community group is inviting the public to come together next week on the one-year anniversary of the storming of the U.S. Capitol to hold a vigil in support of democracy.
The event, “A Silent Vigil for Democracy,” will mark the anniversary of the insurrection in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021. The Lawrence-Douglas County Community Remembrance Project Coalition is organizing the event as part of its ...
