Former school board president Kelly Jones criticized the Trump administration’s freeze on nearly $7 billion in federal education funding, warning it will severely impact support for vulnerable students and already under-resourced public schools.
On Monday, Jones shared her frustrations after the Trump administration chose to withhold nearly $7 billion in education funding for students learning English, ...
Douglas County commissioners plan to potentially cut at least one-third of their funding to a University of Kansas center for startup companies, arguing that some businesses have stayed many years and aren’t paying taxes.
At deliberations for the 2026 budget on Monday, county commissioners expressed a desire in cutting funding to KU's Innovation Park, which houses laboratories and office space for startups, ...
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Lawrence school board members will consider funding to support an interior remodel at Woodlawn Elementary School.
On Monday, school board members will consider accepting a bid with B.A. Green Construction Co. Inc. to perform remodeling work at Woodlawn – including constructing a restroom and an additional exit for the preschool classroom. The project will come out to a ...
County commissioners convened for a final meeting on Friday ahead of next week’s budget deliberations. The discussions began with budget lines included in the 2026 proposed budget for market adjustments to align salaries more closely with competing agencies and pay increases for the county’s employees.
Commissioner Gene Dorsey voiced concern about the magnitude of the proposed increases, where $1.4 million ...
Youth job training, a child care assistance fund and money that would keep a housing project for chronically homeless residents afloat: These were among the poverty-related initiatives that Douglas County commissioners reviewed funding requests for at their 2026 budget hearings on Thursday.
Thursday was the County Commission’s fourth day of budget hearings, and one of the organizations commissioners heard ...
In anticipation of city-imposed cuts to Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical, county commissioners are expressing interest in not just spending extra to maintain some emergency service levels, but to staff a new ambulance, as well.
One of the topics discussed at the Douglas County Commission's 2026 budget hearings on Wednesday was county staff's proposal to include about $183,000 of extra funding for LDCFM, ...
