County commissioners convened for a final meeting on Friday ahead of next week’s budget deliberations. The discussions began with budget lines included in the 2026 proposed budget for market adjustments to align salaries more closely with competing agencies and pay increases for the county’s employees.
Commissioner Gene Dorsey voiced concern about the magnitude of the proposed increases, where $1.4 million ...
Youth job training, a child care assistance fund and money that would keep a housing project for chronically homeless residents afloat: These were among the poverty-related initiatives that Douglas County commissioners reviewed funding requests for at their 2026 budget hearings on Thursday.
Thursday was the County Commission’s fourth day of budget hearings, and one of the organizations commissioners heard ...
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday approved a site plan for improvements to a golf complex, which will include a new and bigger clubhouse with indoor tee boxes and a restaurant.
The site plan is for Twin Oaks Golf Complex, 1326 East 1900 Road, and the plans involve building a nearly 14,000-square-foot building on the site to replace the existing clubhouse, which will be demolished as part of the plans ...
In anticipation of city-imposed cuts to Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical, county commissioners are expressing interest in not just spending extra to maintain some emergency service levels, but to staff a new ambulance, as well.
One of the topics discussed at the Douglas County Commission's 2026 budget hearings on Wednesday was county staff's proposal to include about $183,000 of extra funding for LDCFM, ...
Douglas County commissioners this week will consider a site plan for a significant expansion of a golf complex, including a bigger clubhouse with indoor tee boxes and a restaurant.
On Wednesday, county commissioners will consider approving the site plan for Twin Oaks Golf Complex at 1326 East 1900 Road, the first K-10 interchange east of Lawrence. As the Journal-World reported, the plan is to build a nearly ...
The Douglas County District Attorney’s Office wants the county to allocate more than $215,000 in its 2026 budget for two positions — positions it says are necessary to lighten the heavy caseload on its attorneys.
On Tuesday, during the Douglas County Commission’s second day of budget hearings, District Attorney Dakota Loomis presented the funding requests for two full-time positions at his office. The ...
