Douglas County leaders on Wednesday voiced interest in exploring a new racial equity initiative from a national nonprofit that focuses on achieving "structural well-being," and county staff may bring it back as a more formal proposal at some point in the future.
At the Douglas County Commission’s meeting, commissioners heard a brief update from county staff about ongoing equity initiatives, but also about an ...
Douglas County leaders this week will hear an update on the county’s ongoing racial equity initiatives.
At Wednesday’s Douglas County Commission meeting, county staff will discuss two ongoing initiatives concerned with advancing racial equity in the community: the county’s membership in the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) and the ongoing actions of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. ...
On Monday, public outcry about the decision to spray herbicide on a five-acre stretch of native prairie behind Prairie Park Nature Center continued, and one leader in the City of Lawrence’s Parks and Recreation Department cited a lack of knowledge for the error and promised to work closely with ecological experts to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
The city’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board met ...
After a long drive all the way from Texas, a van carrying nearly 30 dogs arrived in Lawrence Friday evening — but none of them had plans to stay for long.
They stopped at the Lawrence Humane Society, essentially for an overnight hotel stay. Bright and early on Saturday, the group was loaded up again and set off for Minnesota, where their new owners were waiting. The two-day cross-country trek occurs once a ...
More than 50 people gathered Friday in North Lawrence to give feedback on a proposed five-year plan for housing and homelessness issues, and they said it would take supportive services, addiction treatment and more to really address Douglas County's homelessness problem.
As the Journal-World reported, that plan’s overall objective is to achieve “functional zero” homelessness by 2028 — in other words, ...
Douglas County leaders on Wednesday accepted a grant from the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services that will account for more than $6.2 million of the county’s new behavioral health crisis center’s funding through 2024.
With the grant secured, the county now has all of the necessary pieces to fund the Treatment and Recovery Center of Douglas County, 1000 W. Second St. It’s been partially ...
