Lawrence's chamber of commerce wants more than $100,000 from Douglas County to support a loan program for minority business owners — but county leaders are wondering exactly what percentage of the program they're being asked to bankroll.
On Thursday, the second day of Douglas County's budget hearings, the County Commission discussed the Chamber's supplemental funding request for 2024, including $105,000 for ...
The Douglas County Commission's annual budget hearings opened with a surprise, when Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical disclosed a plan to reduce its operating budget by 5% next year.
County commissioners aren’t yet sure whether it is a pleasant surprise.
The fire and medical department budget is more complex than most because a big portion of the budget is funded by the city of Lawrence to pay for ...
While watching Stan Herd craft an earthwork portrait of the late Bob Dole on the sloped east lawn of the Dole Institute of Politics on Sunday, Lew Hanna was awestruck by the sheer artistry on display.
"Just the way he makes his work come to life," said Hanna, one of the spectators who had come to watch Herd work. From higher up on a shaded hillside, Hanna was able to see the work gradually come together: "To ...
As Panasonic's battery plant prepares to supercharge job growth along Kansas Highway 10, Eudora has a plan to electrify the area's tourism scene, too: a 5,000-seat entertainment venue and a slew of new retail and dining options.
The proposed development, which would be just south of K-10 and could cost between $40 million and $50 million, is still early in the planning stages, Mayor Tim Reazin told the ...
There's been a warm and fuzzy trend at Lecompton Elementary School recently: kids dispensing with birthday gifts in favor of contributions to charities.
At their birthday parties this past year, several generous third-graders asked that guests choose their gifts with the selected charitable organization in mind, or make a monetary donation in lieu of presents.
"They just kind of do it of their own volition, ...
Budget hearings are this coming week at the Douglas County Courthouse, and County Administrator Sarah Plinsky and her staff are proposing a plan that would keep the mill levy flat for 2024.
Last year, as the Journal-World reported, the county adopted a $163.7 million budget for 2023 that had a mill levy of 46.380. The 2024 budget proposal from Plinsky checks in at around $194 million, but its mill levy would be ...
