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 ...
The University Daily Kansan, KU's student newspaper, got two big news flashes about itself and its place on campus this week.
The first one came from Student Senate on Monday, and the Kansan's leaders might sum it up like this: You don't matter.
The newspaper's paid staff positions are funded by the university's student fees, which each student pays to subsidize various organizations, amenities and activities ...
Federal funds could help improve Lawrence's sidewalks and transit infrastructure. They provide child care for Douglas County's low-income families. And, of course, they fuel many important research projects at the University of Kansas.
But a flurry of moves from the Trump administration regarding federal funding — including a proposed funding freeze and many other executive orders — are creating ...
