The idea of creating an open alcohol consumption area on Massachusetts Street has been shelved due to a lack of interest, but it’s still something Lawrence leaders could consider.
City Manager Craig Owens told commissioners as part of the city manager’s report Tuesday night that while city staff did due diligence and considered the idea, there was not a “strong movement to initiate” any part of the ...
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Employees at the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center are looking to unionize.
The workers, organizing to create Community Mental Health Workers United, have the goals of improving the quality of mental health care and addressing workplace issues, according to a press release from International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 304.
The Bert Nash workers ...
After a flood of public comments, including a petition asking the city to change its mind on a redesign of Lawrence’s Outdoor Aquatic Center, city commissioners have voiced support for a plan that would repair the pool’s current configuration and cost the city less money.
Commissioners at their meeting on Tuesday directed city staff to further develop an option that would repair structural issues with the ...
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday voted to cancel a purchase agreement for a building that was proposed as a future location for City Hall after a crowd of public speakers spoke against moving city government out of the downtown area.
The commission voted 3-2 to cancel the agreement to buy a former call center building at 2000 Bluffs Drive. Commissioner Lisa Larsen put forward a motion to cancel instead of ...
Two Lawrence bike and pedestrian projects won state grants totaling about $3.5 million, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced Monday.
The two projects in Lawrence that received the competitive grants from the state’s Transportation Alternatives Program — administered by the Kansas Department of Transportation and funded by the Federal Highway Administration — are for improvements for the city’s 2025 Safe ...
No city leaders will be on the ballot this November, but Lawrence voters will have an opportunity to change the structure of their local government to include a directly elected mayor and a City Commission that's elected partly by geographic districts.
The question on the ballot, which asks for a simple yes or no answer, reads: “Shall the City of Lawrence, Kansas, abandon the Commission-Manager form of ...
