Lawrence commissioners voted to adopt a 2026 budget for next year that will feature an increase to property taxes to reduce cuts to public safety while adding new fees to the city’s parks and recreation centers. The commission voted 4-1 on the 2026 budget that will total $431 million across all its funds and include a mill levy rate of 33.674 mills — a 0.488 mill increase from the rate initially proposed ...
Lawrence City Commissioners will consider approving increases to the water and wastewater rates by 7.9% over the next three years. The commissioners will receive a presentation from the Municipal Services and Operations department Tuesday night that would set those utility rates for 2026, 2027 and 2028 to increase by 7.9% year over year. The water and wastewater rates are typically set every three years. The ...
When you turn on your tap for water in Lawrence, you expect water to come out. That’s the biggest focus for Steven Craig, a water treatment division manager with the City of Lawrence’s Municipal Services and Operations department, and the others who work at the Clinton Lake Water Treatment Plant every day. The plant, at 2101 Wakarusa Drive, can process up to 25 million gallons of water each day, ensuring it ...
While sentencing a teen to 10 years in prison on Friday for murdering a 17-year-old boy last summer, Judge Stacey Donovan took a moment to note how many people in the courtroom had tears in their eyes. "It's a horrible day for everyone," Donovan told the assembled friends and loved ones of both teens: 19-year-old Cir Allen Keith Glover and 17-year-old Isaiah Neal. Glover, who will turn 20 on Saturday, pleaded ...
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday will vote on the city's final 2026 budget — and on whether to raise the property tax rate to reduce the impact of cuts to public safety, parks and recreation and other areas. As the Journal-World has reported, discussions about the budget have gone on since January, in part because of a need to close a $6.5 million budget hole. Now, the commission will have three main ...
Lawrence commissioners approved an incentive package that will allow for the development of the historic Reuter building in downtown Lawrence, saying they hope it can revitalize a long vacant building. The commissioners voted 4-0 on numerous items Tuesday night that give developers incentives to redevelop the Reuter Organ building, 612 New Hampshire St., and its adjacent property at 614-616 New Hampshire St. in ...