The newly established Douglas County District 5 will have three people competing for its seat in the general election.
The three candidates for District 5 are Democrat Erica Anderson, Libertarian Kirsten Kuhn and Republican Rich Lorenzo. District 5 includes a small portion of south Lawrence, southern Wakarusa Township, Baldwin City and Palmyra Township.
Erica Anderson
Anderson holds a bachelor's degree in ...
The Lawrence school board will hear a report from Native American Student Services next week about the tutoring, cultural programs and other support it provides to hundreds of students in the district.
NASS will present the report to the board at its regular meeting, which is on Tuesday of next week instead of the usual Monday because of Indigenous Peoples Day. The board's agenda packet says 376 students in ...
Candidates for Douglas County Commission shared their views on public health issues, including such topics as the opioid crisis and food insecurity, on Thursday at a forum organized by Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health.
Eight candidates vying for the four open seats on the County Commission attended Thursday’s forum. Not in attendance were Republican candidate Timothy Bruce from District 4 and incumbent ...
Douglas County commissioners have decided to move forward on recommendations for paying employees well above the area averages for similar positions, and leaders say employees' performance will be a key factor in determining the new salaries.
On Wednesday, commissioners reviewed a classification and compensation study by human resources group McGrath that recommends raising county employee pay, and they ...
Douglas County government should create a new goal to pay its employees — everybody from custodians to administrators — well above the median wage of similar employees in the region, county commissioners will be told at their meeting on Wednesday.
The Douglas County Commission at its weekly meeting will review the findings of a classification and compensation study that includes recommendations for ...
To help alleviate students' hunger during the school day and support teachers in providing snacks, local rotary clubs collected pre-packaged snacks for Lawrence school district students, and they intend to expand the service through a project grant for the second year in a row.
The three Lawrence Rotary clubs – including the Lawrence Rotary Club, the Central Rotary Club and the Jayhawk Rotary Club – ...
