Lawrence City Manager Craig Owens acknowledges the city has a big task in front of it heading into next year.
This past year’s budget process was an initial sign of significant financial pressure facing the city. The City Commission on Sept. 3 passed a 2025 budget that was dramatically different from Owens’ initial budget proposal. It removed a mill levy increase of 3.6 mills after a public backlash, ...
Now that Lawrence voters have approved expanding a sales tax that funds housing and homelessness services in the city, nonprofits say they're feeling grateful for the community's support.
On Tuesday, 53.32% of Lawrence voters voted “yes” on a ballot question to raise the city's affordable housing sales tax from 0.05% to 0.10%, according to the unofficial results from the Douglas County elections office. The ...
Lawrence city commissioners at their meeting Tuesday will consider adopting a new Land Development Code for the city, which would govern how developments in the city are built, from lot sizes to parking requirements.
The project to update the city’s code, which has not been updated since 2006, started in 2022 and aims to establish a simpler and more consistent set of development procedures and help the city ...
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; ...
