A partnership between Home Depot and the Mass St. Collective — the group that represents many Kansas Jayhawk student-athletes in name, image and likeness ventures — gave back to the Lawrence community on Friday by constructing a shed to house play equipment for the Ballard Center.
KU baseball players, local Home Depot employees and Josh Baker, the facilities director at the Ballard Center, a local nonprofit ...
Lawrence voters on Tuesday narrowly rejected a referendum that would have altered the city's structure of government, voting down a proposal that would have included a direct mayoral election and additional commissioners in the city, with some voted on by districts and others serving at large.
A total of 18,815 Lawrence voters, or 50.86%, chose “no” on the referendum, according to the unofficial vote ...
Lawrence voters on Tuesday approved a referendum that will double the city's affordable housing sales tax to help provide more funding for services to help people experiencing homelessness.
A total of 20,923 voters, or 53.32%, voted “yes” on the ballot initiative to raise the affordable housing sales tax from 0.05% to 0.10%, according to the unofficial results from the Douglas County elections office; ...
A road work project in East Lawrence that fully closed a key intersection since the summer should reopen Friday after a design issue delayed the project.
In August, city workers closed 11th Street to through traffic between Connecticut Street and Delaware Street and shut down 11th Street at New York Street to complete storm sewer work in the area. At the time, city staff predicted the road would reopen on Sept. ...
Although Lawrence’s 2025 budget was only approved a couple of months ago, the city is seeking community members to be a part of a special committee to help make budgeting decisions for 2026, a year for which the city manager says Lawrence will face tough choices.
The city announced Friday that it is creating a Community Budget Committee for help in crafting the 2026 budget. The committee will meet ...
Lawrence city commissioners will soon consider hiring a firm to design an expanded police headquarters parking lot — a project that could cost over a million dollars to build and would include solar panels and charging equipment for the city’s electric vehicles.
At its meeting Tuesday, the commission will vote on the $157,838 agreement with the consultant team Olsson for the design of the proposed expansion ...
