Douglas County commissioners this week will consider using less debt and more cash to fund an $82 million project to expand the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center and construct a new Public Safety Building.
On Wednesday, county commissioners will consider directing county staff to prepare for an approximately $55 million bond sale — a type of debt — to finance the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center ...
Douglas County commissioners this week will consider approving about $350,000 of projected expenses for a newly established program to support veterans in the criminal justice system.
On Wednesday, county commissioners will consider authorizing Douglas County court staff to move ahead with an agreement to use federal grant funds to support the Veterans Treatment Court – which aims to support people in the ...
Lawrence school members on Monday reviewed the next steps for the school district, targeting opportunities for additional preschool seats, expanding science education, college coursework opportunities and more.
School board members received a presentation outlining “enhancements” or strategies to create additional opportunities for students and reducing disparity gaps during their meeting. Superintendent ...
He's spent nearly two decades taking KU ecology students out of the classroom to splash through bodies of water, survey wildlife populations and do other hands-on field work, and now environmental studies lecturer Bob Hagen is preparing to pass the torch.
But before he retires from teaching his field ecology course, Hagen has earned some statewide recognition for his efforts to connect students to nature. He ...
As changes at both the state and federal level unfold, Lawrence school board members on Monday will get briefed on the dollars and cents that may be at stake for the Lawrence school district.
On Monday, school board members will hear a presentation about the remaining funds for spring 2025. The Trump administration has frozen $99,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Resilient Food Systems ...
Douglas County does better than the national average on unemployment, child poverty, flu vaccinations and more, but it has more work to do on housing issues and income inequality.
That's according to data from the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program, led by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. It provides data on over 80 health-related factors in counties around the U.S., including ...
