As it celebrates 40 years of supporting public schools, the Lawrence Schools Foundation continues to work behind the scenes to help students with classroom resources, emergency aid and even a new scholarship to mark the milestone anniversary.
Since its establishment in 1985, LSF has invested millions of dollars to support a variety of programs in the district, but Dena Johnston, executive director of the ...
The filing and withdrawal deadline for this year’s local elections has come and gone, and the slates are now set for key races across Douglas County — including the Lawrence City Commission, Lawrence school board, and other municipal offices.
The deadline to file as a candidate for the upcoming election in the county was Monday at noon, and there were many last-minute filers, notably incumbents of the ...
All incumbent Lawrence school board members with open seats are seeking reelection, and two new candidates have joined the race — bringing the total number of candidates to seven.
Kelly Jones
School board president Kelly Jones filed for reelection on Monday morning. She was first elected to the board in 2017, and this is the third time she’s running.
Jones served on the board during the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Douglas County commissioners authorized staff on Wednesday to use outside grant funding to continue exploring the idea of a guaranteed income pilot program for low-income single mothers.
During their meeting on Wednesday, commissioners approved a subgrant agreement with the International City/County Management Association for what’s called the Economic Mobility Community and Opportunity Peer Learning cohort ...
Updated at 9:50 a.m. Thursday, May 29
At least two dozen people — including some who said they had recently been laid off from Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center — asked county leaders on Wednesday for support and for more transparency about the center's financial situation.
Last week, Bert Nash announced that, as a result of an anticipated $3 million operating loss for 2025, it was eliminating ...
While the final decisions haven't been made yet on how Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical will handle city funding cuts, Douglas County commissioners said Wednesday that a reduction in emergency medical services shouldn't be on the table.
“A reduction in services is not really an acceptable answer to me, and specifically EMS services, since that’s what the county is responsible for,” Commissioner ...
