City commissioners approved a financial incentive package on Tuesday for the Q39 barbecue restaurant project in downtown Lawrence, which developers said they needed for the restaurant project to be viable.
The commission voted 4-1 to approve a Community Improvement District and issuance of industrial revenue bonds to help the Kansas City barbecue restaurant locate in the former Journal-World printing plant ...
In a gathering led by a local faith-based advocacy group, hundreds in the Lawrence community and elected officials pledged to address childhood trauma and its ripple effects that negatively impact Douglas County.
The gathering was part of Justice Matters’ annual action assembly, and was held at the DoubleTree Hotel at 200 McDonald Drive. The event brought together hundreds of residents and included a pledge ...
At the Haskell Indian Nations University fashion show on Saturday, you won't see stereotypical Native designs, but you will see one thing that's always in style at Haskell: resilience.
The student-organized show is called “Indigenous Couture Goes Vogue Vol. 2,” and it's meant to be a “declaration of resilience,” lead organizer Esmarie Cariaga-Whiteman said. That goes for both the designers, who want to ...
City commissioners will hold a public hearing Tuesday night to discuss a request for tax incentives for the Q39 restaurant project in downtown Lawrence.
The plans to bring the popular Kansas City barbecue restaurant to Lawrence have been around for more than a year, but the future of the actual project at 639 New Hampshire St., the site of the former Journal-World printing plant, has become uncertain. The ...
The City of Lawrence has begun offering eligible employees a voluntary early retirement package in an effort to address the city’s budget shortfall.
The city sent out information about the early retirement program to employees starting April 16.
At a City Commission meeting in April, city staff presented a budget that addressed a projected $6.6 million shortfall; that budget included cuts to 23 full-time ...
Story updated at 4:12 p.m. Tuesday, April 29:
Federal cuts to AmeriCorps mean 10 active projects in Kansas have been terminated, affecting more than 200 AmeriCorps volunteers across the state. Nonprofits in Douglas County say it will cause “severe damage,” with 80 positions being cut and a financial impact of over $400,000.
The Kansas Volunteer Commission was informed by the Department of Government ...
