It has been nearly four years since Lawrence father and scientist Syed Jamal was detained by immigration agents and nearly deported, and as he prepares to stand before an immigration judge again, uncertainties remain.
Jamal, originally from Bangladesh, was arrested in the driveway of his Lawrence home in January 2018 while getting ready to take his kids to school. His case generated national and even ...
City of Lawrence leaders are working to draft their annual list of legislative priorities for state leaders, which includes the city’s position regarding sales tax on groceries, criminal justice reforms and cleanup of the former Farmland Industries nitrogen fertilizer plant, among various other issues.
The Lawrence City Commission reviewed a draft of the legislative priority statement as part of its most ...
City leaders have approved an approximately 12% increase to the starting wages for local bus drivers as the industry struggles with staffing shortages, and union leaders anticipate more wage increases will be needed.
As part of its meeting this week, the Lawrence City Commission voted as part of its consent agenda to approve an amendment to the service agreement between the city and First Transit to raise the ...
Updated at 1:34 p.m. Wednesday
As overnight temperatures fell below freezing Tuesday night, 28 people showed up at the doors of the Community Building, looking for a warm place to stay the night. With volunteers to help staff the city-run winter emergency shelter in short supply, the next time people show up, they may be met with locked doors.
To keep the free, temporary shelter at the Community Building, 115 ...
City leaders have deferred a decision on a $1.5 million project to resurface two grass soccer fields with turf at the Clinton Lake Youth Sports Complex due to concerns about the conditions being requested by the soccer league that would be the primary user of the new fields.
Sporting Kaw Valley is requesting that the city bar competing youth soccer leagues from using the grass fields that it will no longer be ...
City leaders will soon consider authorizing a $1.5 million project to resurface two grass soccer fields with turf and make other improvements at the Clinton Lake Youth Sports Complex.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the commission will consider authorizing a contract with Mammoth Sports Construction to resurface the fields and an amendment to the city’s Capital Improvement Plan to include the project. Rental ...
