Douglas County commissioners concluded three days of budget hearings Tuesday with a smaller mill levy than originally proposed and the expectation that residents will see some tax relief.
As the Journal-World reported, by the close of Monday's second day of budget deliberations, commissioners had lowered the initially proposed mill levy, which is $1 per $1,000 of assessed value, of 44.208 mills to 41.298, a ...
At a special meeting on Tuesday, the Lawrence school board held two closed sessions about employer-employee negotiations and other personnel matters but did not take any action afterward.
According to the agenda for the special meeting, one of the executive sessions was to “discuss negotiations, pursuant to the exception for employer-employee negotiations under (the Kansas Open Meetings Act), with Cynde ...
Updated at 9:55 a.m. Tuesday, July 16
Douglas County commissioners are considering reducing the proposed mill levy by nearly 3 mills and, to that end, are looking to transfer several funds for their behavioral health partners to a mental health sales tax fund.
By the end of the county’s second day of budget deliberations on Monday, commissioners had reduced the originally proposed mill levy, which is $1 ...
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 ...
