Not long ago, a Kansas college town found out it was facing a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall, and its city staff asked the parks department to make some changes.
The department's proposal: Start charging entry fees to the city's recreation centers, which had previously been free for the public to use.
Sounds familiar — except that the college town we're talking about wasn't Lawrence. It was Manhattan. ...
Ten more City of Lawrence employees have opted for the city's voluntary early retirement program, the city's human resources director told the Journal-World, meaning 30 employees in total have taken the offer since it was announced this spring to help address a budget shortfall.
As the Journal-World reported, the city announced the program in April as it worked to cover the $6.5 million budget hole. The early ...
Lawrence's Parks, Recreation and Culture director will be leaving in October, the city announced on Wednesday.
Luis Ruiz, who has served as the PRC’s director since May 2024, will leave Lawrence and return to the City of Mesa, Arizona, to become its director of arts and culture. Ruiz previously told the Journal-World he had worked for nearly 20 years in various roles with the cities of Phoenix and Mesa before ...
To be greener and help the city save a little green, a City of Lawrence official is asking residents to “recycle right” by making sure their recyclables are prepared properly and not contaminated.
A recent audit of Lawrence’s recycling done by the city’s recycling processor, Hamm, found the “contamination rate” of the recycling collected was more than 16%. That's the percentage of materials that ...
City commissioners voted Tuesday night to increase the guest tax on hotel or short-term overnight stays in Lawrence by 2 percentage points to capitalize on an increase in visitors expected next summer for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The commission voted 4-1 to increase the transient guest tax from 6% to 8%. The item needed a supermajority of at least four commissioners to pass; Commissioner Amber Sellers was the ...
The Lawrence Humane Society’s annual Clear the Shelter Day is scheduled for Aug. 23, when all adoption fees will be waived.
Over the last several years, Lawrence Humane has had anywhere from 70 to nearly 200 animals adopted on Clear the Shelter Day — part of a nationwide pet adoption campaign that is spearheaded by NBCUniversal in partnership with Hill’s Pet Nutrition.
On Saturday, adoptions for all ...
