After years of effort — and multiple delays — the work group tasked with reconsidering the City of Lawrence's process for handling complaints against police is set to share a final report with city leaders this week, including one recommendation that substantially expands on which types of complaints could be subject to review.
At Tuesday’s Lawrence City Commission meeting, commissioners are set to ...
In just a couple of weeks, shoppers in Lawrence will be a little more limited in how they’re able to carry their purchases home from the store.
That’s because March 1 is the day that the city’s new ordinance banning single-use plastic bags takes effect. City leaders approved Ordinance No. 9996, which prohibits establishments in Lawrence from providing single-use disposable plastic bags to customers at the ...
For the first time, a census will capture data about Lawrence’s local music scene with eyes toward gathering measurable information about people who do music-related work to provide them with better support.
Starting in March, people working in the local music industry will be able to participate in the Lawrence Music Census, which will be administered by music census provider Sound Music Cities in ...
City leaders on Tuesday decided against approving a grant proposal that could have covered the construction of an incomplete section of the Lawrence Loop near downtown, along with a new pedestrian bridge across the Kansas River.
At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, the group voted 2-3, with Vice Mayor Mike Dever and commissioners Brad Finkeldei and Lisa Larsen opposed, on the grant concept for the section of ...
On Monday, members of the Affordable Housing Advisory Board discussed year-end reports for a set of ongoing projects that previously have received Affordable Housing Trust Fund grant funding.
That discussion didn’t include any presentations from recipients and the reports from each grantee were fairly brief; Chair Monte Soukup at one point remarked that one report was not sufficient and didn’t provide any ...
At this week’s Lawrence City Commission meeting, city leaders will consider approving a grant concept that could help fund an incomplete section of the Lawrence Loop.
On Tuesday, commissioners will hear more about the proposal, which would cover the approximately $21 million cost of construction for a section of the Lawrence Loop Trail from Seventh Street to Constant Park, along with a new pedestrian bridge ...
