A bill awaiting the governor’s signature could phase out a key affordable housing tax credit in Kansas, raising concerns that it will make it harder to build and access housing for low-income families.
The bill – House Bill 2289 – will change how Kansas supports affordable housing through tax credits. These housing tax credits help developers build or renovate homes for low-income families by giving the ...
“You don’t have no (expletive) brains?”
The voice explodes from the speaker. It's a man from a San Jose, California, area code, and he's leaving a voicemail for a school board member in Lawrence, Kansas, nearly 1,500 miles away.
“You cannot do that to people,” the voice says. “You cannot shut down the First Amendment. Don’t you understand that? … You can’t get it through your (expletive) ...
At 75 years old, the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center is past the youthful stage of its existence, but don’t accuse it of failing to be new.
The nonprofit organization is working on two of its larger projects in recent memory — one dedicated to providing urgent mental health care to children, and another that provides supportive housing to Douglas County residents in need.
Both projects fit well ...
Lots of people are involved in the conversations about development to the south of Lawrence, but Chehalis Jones thinks one very important group is being left out — the plants and animals living in the Wakarusa River corridor.
Jones, a freshman at Haskell Indian Nations University, was one of about 20 people who gathered at Haskell's Tommaney Library on Thursday to talk with Douglas County's open space ...
Due to two large grass fires on Wednesday that are now under control, Douglas County leaders have declared an emergency, which will let them access state fire prevention resources during Thursday's windy conditions.
During the County Commission’s meeting on Wednesday, commissioners signed a Declaration of a State of Local Disaster Emergency following the response to two grass fires in the county. According to ...
Douglas County commissioners will consider approving grant awards to organizations supporting natural and cultural heritage conservation projects.
The Natural and Cultural Grant Program provides community organizations and businesses with a competitive funding opportunity to carry out heritage conservation projects across Douglas County. Established in 2011, the program received $210,000 in funding from county ...
