The Douglas County Commission approved ballot language Wednesday for a referendum to be placed before voters in the November general election asking for approval of a quarter-cent sales tax that would fund construction of a behavioral health campus and programming. It is the second referendum the county has advanced this year. Voters defeated Proposition 1 in May, which would have authorized the county to ...
It may be a little more cramped at the Ballard Center now, but the agency’s executive director said the consolidation of East Lawrence's Penn House staff and services with Ballard’s North Lawrence site was a financial necessity. “I’ve been looking forward to this for so long,” said Becky Price, executive director of the Ballard Center. “We’re finally all under one roof. Just the pest control bill ...
A second donor has stepped up to pledge money to help the county pay for a comprehensive study of its criminal justice system, an officer for the faith-based activist group Justice Matters said. Brent Hoffman, Justice Matters treasurer, said a donor who wishes to remain anonymous has agreed to contribute $10,000 for a comprehensive study of all aspects of the criminal justice system from police stops on the ...
The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday is expected to approve the language of a ballot question to be placed before voters in November that would finance construction of a behavioral health campus and fund additional mental-health and substance-abuse programs. At its Aug. 15 meeting, commissioners agreed to ask voters to approve a quarter-cent sales tax to fund the behavioral health initiatives. County ...
Lawrence school district officials are encouraging parents or guardians having difficulty registering with the district’s new student information system to visit the district website or to call the district office for instructions on completing the 10-step registration. The district last weekend posted a message on its home page stating that parents had been having difficulty registering for PowerSchool, the ...
It is “no big deal” that the Senior Resource Center for Douglas County will stop delivering meals to the homes of county seniors at the end of the year, the head of the agency says. That assessment isn’t a dismissal of the needs of the roughly 125 seniors who receive the meals, but an acknowledgement that there are better ways to meet their nutritional needs, said Marvel Williamson, executive director of ...