Walking to school with your friends. Riding your bike home on a nice sunny day. These types of activities were a rite of passage for a lot of older adults who remember them fondly, even if they weren't aware of any particular health benefit.
These days, there's greater awareness of those benefits, even as the specific activities have dwindled. But health experts are looking to change that — by increasing ...
The Geographic Information System team for the City of Lawrence has earned a Special Achievement Award for its work on the sidewalk network model that is being used to prioritize the construction and repair of new sidewalks in the city.
Darren Haag, an asset and innovation manager with the GIS team, said that the award was given by the ESRI organization, which provides the software his team uses to about ...
After dozens of community members — some angry and emotional — spoke out about the increasing tax burdens they're feeling, Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday signaled that they might be interested in a smaller tax rate hike than previously proposed.
At its meeting on Tuesday, the commission held two public hearings, one on the budget and the other on the city's intent to exceed the so-called ...
The Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously on Tuesday to put a question on the November ballot about raising the city’s sales tax to fund affordable housing efforts from 0.05% to 0.10%.
The sales tax increase, which was proposed by City Manager Craig Owens in July, would add an extra nickel in tax to every $100 in purchases made by consumers in Lawrence. State law requires that all city sales tax ...
As housing advocates reflect on data coming from the point-in-time homeless count from earlier in the year, they hope the snapshot of information, including questions about respondents’ origins, can help focus efforts for outreach and solve broader problems.
As the Journal-World reported, the point-in-time count in Douglas County, a data survey mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, ...
At Tuesday’s Lawrence City Commission meeting, commissioners are expected to take the next steps toward approving the budget for 2025 — and possibly toward putting an affordable housing sales tax question on the November ballot.
The commission at its weekly meeting will be holding the public hearing on the recommended budget, which according to the agenda materials totals $520.7 million.
As the ...
