For most kids, summer break is a time of relaxation. But hundreds of kids in Lawrence have instead spent their time off school so far seeking crucial food assistance.
Just Food has served 1,807 unique kids ages 0 to 18 between May 25 and July 19, Community Access Manager Charles Shively told the Journal-World Wednesday morning. And many of those kids have visited more than once, contributing to a total of 5,849 ...
A new Homeless Programs coordinator has been hired in the City of Lawrence’s Housing Initiatives Division, and the city plans to soon begin recruitment for someone to oversee the new Homeless Programs Department being proposed as part of the 2024 budget.
Misty Bosch-Hastings will serve as the new Homeless Programs coordinator, the city announced in a release Tuesday morning. Bosch-Hastings joins the City of ...
Story updated at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, July 18:
In a message to community members Tuesday afternoon, the leader of the Lawrence Community Shelter said the shelter must gain significant community funding support or face closure.
LCS Interim Executive Director Melanie Valdez sent an “urgent appeal” to supporters via email asking for support to sustain the shelter’s services, which states that the funding ...
Lawrence city leaders have voted unanimously to codify protections against present and future anti-LGBTQ+ legislation through a new safe-haven ordinance.
As the Journal-World reported, Ordinance No. 9999 declares the City of Lawrence a “safe haven for all persons from the effects of discriminatory acts, legislation, regulation and other actions.” That particularly applies to transgender, nonbinary and ...
As work on the City of Lawrence’s 2024 budget continues, city leaders have moved to propose a property tax rate of 33.207 mills — now officially the maximum levy they’re allowed to set in the final version of the budget.
At Tuesday’s Lawrence City Commission meeting, the commission voted unanimously to stick with the property tax rate presented with City Manager Craig Owens’ recommended budget earlier ...
A safe-haven ordinance codifying protections for transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people — and the LGBTQ+ community in Lawrence as a whole — will be up for consideration by city leaders this week.
Draft ordinance No. 9999 is slated to appear on the Lawrence City Commission’s agenda this week for its first reading. The ordinance would declare the City of Lawrence a “safe haven for all ...
