After a denied Freedom of Information Act request, a lawsuit and, finally, the release of more than 500 pages of documents, one nonprofit is still hunting for an investigative report about alleged crimes on Haskell Indian Nations University’s campus — and multiple students are now encountering the same problem.
As the Journal-World reported, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility sued the Bureau ...
The City of Lawrence announced Monday that construction at Lawrence’s Pallet Shelter Village is set to start in about a week, along with details about which vulnerable groups will be a priority to shelter.
Monday’s announcement notes that these details were shared a week ago with residents of two ZIP codes in the Pinkney neighborhood; the planned village is located in the neighborhood at 256 N. Michigan St. ...
The Lawrence City Commission will have the final say this week in contract negotiations between the city and a group of unionized city employees that have stalled due to issues with three provisions, one of which concerns cleanup at homeless camps.
As the Journal-World reported, the city earlier this month announced an impasse in negotiations with a bargaining unit including central maintenance, engineering, ...
It won’t be long before work to bring a new bus station to downtown Lawrence begins in earnest.
The Public Transit Advisory Committee set the stage for that work Monday, when it met to discuss future plans for the site selection and public outreach process of the project. The last time city leaders considered moving forward with a downtown bus station was in 2021.
Adam Weigel, the city’s public transit and ...
Average household income, population size, the presence of a major university — Lawrence and Fayetteville have plenty of things in common. Both cities have populations just under 100,000, are home to major universities – Kansas and Arkansas – and in 2022 had a similar percentage of cost-burdened households.
But when the Journal-World visited Fayetteville in early November, it was because of one ...
Like many people who have experienced homelessness, Miguel Garcia’s story is one of cycles.
Garcia is a client of the Hearth Program, which is facilitated by the Community Resources Department in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and helps individuals and families experiencing homelessness get placed in permanent supportive housing, assists with rent and utility costs and tailors case management appointments to ...
