With the 2023 legislative session just around the corner, community leaders had a chance on Friday to address Lawrence-area legislators and advocate for their priorities, with housing and Medicaid expansion high on the list.
The session starts on Monday, and representatives with Lawrence and Douglas County’s governments, the Lawrence school district and the University of Kansas attended the Lawrence chamber ...
County leaders voted Wednesday to give the Douglas County Crisis Line a little more flexibility in its 2023 budget.
At its regular meeting, the Douglas County Commission approved a revision to the crisis line's budget, which was requested by Kansas Suicide Prevention Headquarters. The change doesn't increase the budget for the mental health crisis line; it just allows for more flexibility in where the agency ...
Douglas County commissioners this week will consider a request from Kansas Suicide Prevention Headquarters to revise the Douglas County Crisis Line's budget for 2023.
At their meeting on Wednesday, commissioners will consider the revision based on the first nine months of the crisis line project, which KSPHQ has overseen since April of 2022. According to a letter from KSPHQ to the county, the revised budget ...
For 51-year-old Army veteran Dan Yunghans, the prospect of hiking the nearly 2,200-mile-long Appalachian Trail isn’t just an exciting what-if; it’s a challenge he’s eager to tackle.
“I love a challenge,” Yunghans told the Journal-World recently. “I was in the Army for 20 years, and (what) I did in that wasn’t necessarily easy. It was always a challenge. I get out in the civilian world and all of ...
In Lawrence, the start of the new year will also mark the start of a new initiative aimed at curbing tobacco sales to people younger than 21.
The Lawrence City Commission passed two ordinances in mid-October related to tobacco products, one raising the legal age to buy tobacco products in Lawrence from 18 to 21 and another establishing a local tobacco sales license and enforcement process. The latter ordinance ...
In a letter dated Dec. 27, Gov. Laura Kelly gave her approval for Douglas County’s two new commissioners to be chosen during the next general election — in 2024.
Voters in Douglas County approved a ballot measure to expand the Douglas County Commission from three members to five in November, and last week the commission adopted a map outlining the boundaries of the five commission districts. By state law, ...
