Douglas County commissioners unanimously adopted a $190.7 million budget for 2024 at their meeting on Wednesday — and once the outcome was clear, dozens of residents who'd showed up to oppose the plan walked out of the county courthouse in frustration.
Wednesday's meeting was the public's last chance to share its comments and concerns about the budget plan, and part of the meeting was devoted to a special ...
Douglas County is on the verge of adopting its $190.7 million budget plan for 2024 that will cut the county's property tax rate but also will result in more property taxes being collected than a year ago due to rising property values.
When they convene for Wednesday's meeting, Douglas County commissioners will conduct a public hearing on the county's tentatively approved budget, giving residents a chance to ...
The Lawrence school board spent a considerable portion of Monday evening’s board meeting reviewing attendance-related data, while also discussing ways to combat chronic absenteeism and truancy; issues that have plagued the district the past several years.
Data presented to board members showed that the highest rates of those considered chronically absent are most applicable to the district’s secondary ...
A Kansas City, Missouri, man was arrested in downtown Lawrence overnight after allegedly brandishing a firearm and threatening to use it.
Andrew Self, 20, of Kansas City, Missouri, was arrested Sunday morning on suspicion of aggravated assault and use of a deadly weapon. The incident took place around 12:30 a.m., according to Lawrence police spokesperson Laura McCabe, who said Self pulled the firearm from a ...
Updated at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023.
Making Douglas County's courtrooms and law enforcement facilities more spacious could come with a price tag of as much as $127 million, and the county will have to move quickly — and possibly even raise taxes — in order to get the job done.
That was the message county commissioners got at a work session last Wednesday, where architect Jeff Lane from TreanorHL ...
Lawrence school board members will review an attendance and truancy plan on Monday and hear more details about chronic absenteeism — a description that staffers say applied to nearly 50% of the district's high school seniors last school year.
At its meeting, the board will review the plan and continue a discussion it began at its meeting on June 26. At that meeting, board members heard in a presentation that ...
