Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday approved the $6.6 million cost for the second phase of the Public Safety Building project, which will add just two months to the building's original construction timeline.
At their weekly meeting, the commissioners voted unanimously to approve the cost for the second phase of the Public Safety Building — which will be on land adjacent to the Douglas County jail, 3601 ...
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday will consider approving a $6.6 million budget for the second phase of the Public Safety Building project that would finish out space inside the building for the Sheriff’s Office.
The budget for the second phase, if approved, would bring the total costs of Douglas County's two big public safety building projects — the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center renovation ...
With enrollment and state aid decreasing, the Lawrence school board approved a maximum property tax rate with a slight increase from last year, aiming to offset the funding gap.
On Monday, school board members approved the maximum mill levy – or property tax rate – of 52.333 mills. Once the school board sets its maximum mill levy, it is still able to lower the rate, but it can no longer increase it. One ...
On its website, Lawrence's Ballard Center says its mission is to help local families in need "achieve stability." But in April, the nonprofit got a painful lesson about instability when the Trump administration cut the grants for its AmeriCorps volunteers.
The Ballard Center, as the Journal-World reported, was one of four entities in Douglas County to be affected by the Department of Government Efficiency's ...
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran is still working to gain support for legislation that would let Haskell Indian Nations University govern itself, and he says he's encouraged by the tribes and other organizations that have endorsed it so far.
Moran is one of several Kansas Republicans in Congress who helped introduce the Haskell Indian Nations University Improvement Act at the end of June. The bill would transfer the ...
Lawrence school board members are set to begin discussions next week on the 2025-2026 school year budget, and they'll consider setting a maximum property tax rate slightly higher than the previous year's rate.
While little information on the budget was included in the school board’s meeting agenda for Monday, the district has notified the Douglas County Clerk that the mill levy – also known as the property ...
