Lawrence city commissioners largely agreed on Tuesday with the latest update of the city's 2026 budget, which included proposed staffing reductions across departments, adding back money to the city’s reserve fund and keeping market rate pay increases for employees as the city needs to cut $6.6 million.
On Tuesday night, staff presented commissioners with a summary of what the reductions would look like across ...
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Lawrence city commissioners will receive a presentation Tuesday outlining possible cuts to a wide range of city departments — some of which may face employee reductions — to balance a projected $6.6 million hole the city's 2026 budget is facing.
Eight departments would face cuts as part of this preliminary budget prepared by the city manager's office, according to a presentation ...
Citing expected government cuts, the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence has announced a "reduction in force" that will affect dozens of employees.
The Boys and Girls Club, in a Monday news release, said that on Friday it announced “a necessary reduction in force,” resulting in “the elimination of seven positions and impacting more than 20 staff members.”
The release notes the the club historically relied ...
Just off Lawrence Avenue, in an area north of Holcom Sports Complex, one building stands out from the mostly residential neighborhood — a two-story limestone barn that was built before Kansas was even a state.
The Grover Barn at 2819 Stone Barn Terrace was built in 1858 by Joel and Emily Grover, abolitionists who moved to Kansas from New England in hope of helping Kansas enter the U.S. as a free state. It is ...
The Planning Commission split its votes, 4-4, on a rezoning request for a piece of land near LMH Health, paving the way for a decision by the Lawrence City Commission on a proposed 24-unit apartment complex.
The Planning Commission neither approved nor denied a request to rezone the site on the southwest corner of West Third Street and Michigan Street to a zoning level that would allow for the development of ...
The LMH Health Board of Trustees voted Wednesday morning to approve the issuance of $20 million in bonds to accelerate the hospital's long-term facilities goals.
The board voted unanimously to move forward on the financing plan that would help the hospital fund key revenue-generating projects like the cardiac catheterization laboratory, the completion of the cancer center and the heart center.
Rob Chestnut, ...
