Two current commissioners – one a Douglas County commissioner and the other a Lawrence city commissioner – are running against each other in the Democratic primary for Douglas County Commission District 2.
The two candidates are incumbent Douglas County Commissioner Shannon Reid, who was elected in 2020, and Lawrence City Commissioner Lisa Larsen, who has served on the City Commission since 2015. ...
In the largest Douglas County Commission district by geographic area, two Republicans will face each other in the August primary for a chance to run against the Democratic commission chair this fall.
The two Republicans in the Commission District 3 primary are John Landon and Pam McDermott; Landon has lived in rural Douglas County for over 30 years, and McDermott ran for the County Commission in 2020. The ...
In District 4, one of the newly created Douglas County Commission districts, a Democrat from Lawrence and another from the Eudora area are vying for a spot on the November general election ballot.
Gene Dorsey, who serves on the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center board of directors, and Mike Kelso, a member of the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission, are the two Democrats in the District 4 ...
In a newly created County Commission district that covers the southern parts of the county, two Democrats are competing for a spot in this fall's general election.
The Democratic primary candidates in District 5 are Erica Anderson, whose background is in health care and public affairs, and Nicholas Matthews, a tutor with a political science background. The winner will face off against Libertarian Kirsten Kuhn ...
As Douglas County leaders begin fine-tuning their 2025 budget, they're asking whether some things can be funded with a mental health sales tax instead of property taxes — and whether it's really the county's job to help its partner agencies keep up with rising costs.
The quarter-cent behavioral health sales tax was a theme county commissioners discussed on Friday, the first day of their budget deliberations, ...
When Douglas County held its budget talks last year, Sheriff Jay Armbrister had a staffing crisis on his hands: His office was lagging far behind nearby departments in pay for deputies and corrections officers, and many were leaving for jobs elsewhere.
This year, he says, the sheriff's office is still in need of more staff, but of a different kind — the clerical and technology personnel who work behind the ...
