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 – ...
County leaders have approved a program that will give some low-income seniors and disabled veterans up to a $300 rebate of their county property taxes, and applications are set to open in January.
At its meeting on Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission voted to approve the pilot program. It will be available to low-income property owners who are either 65 or older or are disabled veterans, and whose homes ...
Douglas County property owners who are low-income seniors or disabled veterans soon may be eligible to receive up to a $300 rebate of county property taxes via a proposed program under consideration by the County Commission.
On Wednesday, county commissioners will consider approving a property tax rebate pilot program that would be open to low-income residents who either are 65 years or older or are disabled ...
The Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority and Douglas County leaders celebrated the groundbreaking of a new apartment complex for low-income seniors and disabled veterans, which will allow the LDCHA to serve more than 30 people waiting for affordable housing.
On Tuesday, the LDCHA held the groundbreaking ceremony for the housing project, Delmar Place Apartments, which is expected to move its first residents ...
