Holding signs with phrases like “Our kids deserve clean energy” and “Don’t be a fossil fool,” dozens of people gathered outside of Lawrence City Hall on Tuesday to call for electric utility Evergy to shut down its Lawrence-area coal-fired power plant.
The demonstrators, stationed outside the building and scattered around the intersection of Sixth and Massachusetts streets, were there for the ...
City of Lawrence staff is in the process of implementing new software for managing the city’s code, with changes coming soon that will make it much more accessible for members of the public to navigate the regulations.
Lawrence leaders heard an update about progress with implementing the system at Tuesday's Lawrence City Commission meeting, and City Clerk Sherri Riedemann said it would be a valuable tool once ...
When Lawrence leaders approved an ordinance making it illegal for landlords to discriminate against potential tenants based on their source of income, they also directed city staff to consider another proposal making rental licenses revocable for violating the approved amendments.
Now, city legal staff is indicating that such a proposal could be implemented in the city’s long-term residential rental property ...
At Tenants to Homeowners’ Sunrise House, wrap-around services are just as much a priority as having a roof over your head.
The supportive service community home, which has 12 communal housing units, is primarily filled with people who are exiting homelessness — and particularly those who have experienced chronic homelessness. Angie Bauer, the agency’s housing care coordinator, operates out of an office ...
Bringing affordable housing units to west Lawrence, providing low-barrier supportive services and adding infill development are all things Lawrence’s Affordable Housing Advisory Board wants to prioritize when distributing roughly $3 million from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund for next year.
That’s according to forms included with the agenda for the group’s Monday board meeting, when board members will ...
The shelter structure at Broken Arrow Park is currently undergoing maintenance to make it usable by members of the public year-round, and a city spokesperson says upgrades at other parks around Lawrence are in the works both now and looking ahead to 2024.
City spokesperson Cori Wallace told the Journal-World Friday that Parks and Recreation staff completed a walk-through at the Broken Arrow shelter earlier in ...
