Lawrence city staff is still assessing whether the City Commission will need to hold a special meeting to make up for the one that was canceled Tuesday because of winter weather.
The city announced Monday night that Tuesday's meeting would be canceled because of a winter storm warning and potentially “dangerous travel conditions” on Tuesday. Lawrence received a little over an inch of snow overnight, and ...
As the City of Lawrence crafts its 2026 budget, city staff will hold a public feedback session Monday night using an online tool to help highlight priorities.
At the session, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Lawrence Public Library, attendees will use the interactive tool called “A Balancing Act” to mimic the choices city leaders make to create the budget. The tool, which the city has used for three years ...
Brad Harrell calls the garages, meters, sawtooth spots and surface lots in downtown Lawrence the city's "parking ecosystem." And, like any good ecologist, he knows that small changes can have big effects.
Take, for instance, changing the cost of a parking ticket from $5 to $10.
Before Lawrence did that in 2021, Harrell, the city's parking manager, said the city was issuing around 100,000 parking tickets per ...
Lawrence city commissioners will consider approving a $3.5 million funding agreement Tuesday night with the Lawrence Community Shelter to provide emergency and winter sheltering and other supportive services for people experiencing homelessness.
Last year, LCS received around $3.4 million from the city, with an initial $2,677,699 funding agreement in January and an additional $756,550 through an addendum in ...
Though the fields are covered in snow for now, come the fall, Lawrence’s Youth Sports Complex should have new turf ready for the fall soccer season.
Upgrades to the complex, located at 4911 W. 27th St., will include four new turf fields, outdoor lights and additional parking and another entrance and exit on the west side, said Mark Hecker, an assistant director with the Parks, Recreation and Culture ...
A proposed student fee package at KU that would have included an 80% decrease in funding to the University Daily Kansan, the KU student newspaper, was voted down on Wednesday night.
The University of Kansas Student Senate Finance Council voted 17-6, with one abstaining, against the proposed student fee increase for next year, according to a report from the Kansan.
The proposed plan would have increased ...
