As Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly responds to rumors of Republican legislators planning to call a special session for mid-decade redistricting, a pair of Lawrence elected officials said they would fight the effort.
Kelly issued a press release this week in response to reports that Republican legislative leaders were considering calling for a special session that would draw new maps that could create four ...
The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission approved a pair of rezoning requests Wednesday night that would allow for a high-density housing development on the site of a former call center property.
Commissioners unanimously approved two requests to rezone over 6 acres of land at 2000 Bluffs Drive into a high density residential district, known as R-4. The commission in April approved a rezoning request to ...
About 100 people, including some state officials and legislators, gathered Thursday morning to kick off renovation efforts that will help the O’Connell Children’s Shelter better serve foster kids and families.
Thursday's groundbreaking ceremony at the O’Connell Children’s Shelter’s Youth Ranch, 1646 North 1320 Road, celebrated two big projects that the shelter is undertaking. One is the renovation of ...
Organizers working to create a library district for the Perry-Lecompton Community Library are now one step closer to their goal, as they recently met the requirements to get a referendum on the November ballot.
The volunteers in Perry and Lecompton who help run the community library had been circulating a petition to put the question on the ballot. As the Journal-World reported, they want voters to approve the ...
Lawrence school board members voted Wednesday night to advance two major projects — a new flexible high school program and expansion of an elementary school — into a planning and development phase.
The board voted unanimously to advance the creation of a small high school program at the former Centennial Elementary School, 2145 Louisiana St., and the expansion of Langston Hughes Elementary, 1101 George ...
In the second of two forums hosted by former Lawrence mayors, City Commission candidates discussed Monday night how they would tackle financial issues facing the city if they were on the commission.
The four candidates who are vying for two open seats in the Nov. 4 general election — Michael Courtney, Bart Littlejohn, Kristine Polian and Bob Schumm — were all present at the forum, which was held at Peaslee ...
