City commissioners will consider taking the first steps that would allow the City of Lawrence to issue around $98.6 million in debt to help fund infrastructure projects that are part of the city's Capital Improvement Plan.
The city plans to issue just under $73 million of general obligation temporary notes and around $25.6 million of general obligation bonds to fund several projects, including phase one ...
When you study eating disorders like KU professor Kelsie Forbush does, you know that dangerous problems can often “fly under the radar.”
You know these conditions may be completely invisible to other people. You know that people can suffer from one even without being underweight.
“You may not know someone is struggling,” Forbush said.
But when she first came to KU, Forbush had to think about ...
Lawrence city commissioners will receive a presentation Tuesday about the Douglas County Tenant Experiences Report, which could help inform future policy decisions about affordable housing.
The survey, which was led by KU’s Life Span Institute and the LiveWell Sexual Violence Prevention Work Group, was conducted from July to October of 2023 in part to find out more about renters in Douglas County at a time ...
A plan to develop 120 units of affordable housing in west Lawrence passed one set of hurdles Wednesday night after the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission voted to approve multiple requests to move the development forward.
The project, proposed by Tenants to Homeowners, a local community land trust that works to provide affordable housing, plans to develop over 14 acres of vacant land located at Floret ...
Former three-time commissioner Bob Schumm announced Wednesday that he has filed to run for Lawrence City Commission.
Schumm, a retired restaurant owner who still owns properties in downtown Lawrence, previously served stints on the commission from 1979 to 1981,1987 to 1993 and most recently from 2011 to 2015.
Schumm is the first candidate in this election cycle to file who has experience on the commission. ...
Lawrence city commissioners approved a construction project Tuesday night that will fill in sidewalk gaps around Schwegler Elementary School as part of the city’s Safe Routes to Schools program.
The commission approved a $922,489.50 bid to Kings Construction Co. Inc. for sidewalk and ADA ramp improvements along multiple routes around the Schwegler neighborhood.
The improvements, which were identified back ...
