The Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition used a new app and other safeguards to ensure this year’s point-in-time count accurately captured homelessness in Douglas County on a single night in January – and here’s how they did it.
This year’s “point-in-time count” was conducted by the Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition – a Lawrence-based nonprofit that coordinates homelessness efforts across ...
A new housing development will help transition families into long-term housing, and it will be welcoming its first families in mid-September.
Dozens of people attended Tuesday afternoon’s ribbon cutting ceremony for the new transitional housing development known as Promise Heights. The apartments are near the corner of Tennessee and Ninth streets and will serve six families who had recently been ...
Douglas County commissioners unanimously voted to approve the 2027 budget on Wednesday, and a couple commissioners think it would have been possible to achieve a revenue-neutral rate.
The 2027 budget includes approximately $199.6 million with a mill levy – or property tax rate – of 40.286 mills, a 0.383-mill reduction compared to last year, as the Journal-World reported. One mill is equal to $1 per $1,000 ...
Douglas County commissioners will consider adopting the 2027 budget on Wednesday, which includes a property tax rate decrease from last year.
The proposed budget being considered on Wednesday follows two weeks of hearings from community partners and deliberations between county commissioners that took place in July. Next year’s budget includes approximately $199.6 million with a mill levy – or property tax ...
Douglas County’s 2026 point-in-time count showed a 65-person increase in sheltered homelessness, but a city official cautions that the increase doesn't reflect growth in the county’s homeless population.
The “point-in-time count” is an annual, one-night census that is required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in order to track and measure sheltered and unsheltered homelessness. In ...
The Lawrence school board president wants to bring public comment back to school board meetings, but – at least right now – is proposing only letting people speak about specific agenda items being discussed, and not allowing comments via videoconference.
The school board hasn’t had a public comment period for community members to speak at its meetings since December 2025, but in the past it typically ...
