Lawrence's 2027 budget process is nearing the finish line, and on Tuesday the City Commission will hold its public hearings on the budget and consider an increase in stormwater rates for 2027, 2028 and 2029.
As the Journal-World has reported, the city manager's proposed budget is just over $415 million and would feature a nearly 2-mill property tax rate increase. City leaders have said the increase is necessary ...
Everywhere his journey as an artist has led, Reece Henderson has had to grapple with anxiety – and that includes his latest stint at the Lawrence Arts Center.
“I struggle with anxiety, personally,” says Henderson, the Arts Center’s new ceramics artist in residence. “Like, social anxiety, but also big-picture anxiety. Environmental issues, the state of the world.”
He’d heard about Lawrence long ...
What to do about idling cars that aren’t going anywhere? And, what to do about policy ideas that aren’t going anywhere?
These were two of the big questions that Lawrence’s Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board faced on Thursday night, as it discussed how the city should measure its progress toward its environmental goals – and whether the board itself was making progress quickly enough.
The ...
The number of injury crashes in Lawrence held steady last year, according to a newly released report, and the city hopes more road safety projects in the coming year will help drive injuries and fatal crashes down.
Earlier this month, the city shared its data on traffic crashes for 2025 for the local Vision Zero transportation plan. The plan has a goal of zero fatalities and serious injuries from transportation ...
Lawrence’s new airport manager doesn’t have an estimate for when the airport will resolve its issues with the Federal Aviation Administration, but he says that work is essential for the airport to grow into an “economic engine.”
At a meeting on Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission heard a briefing from Airport Manager Shaun Cookson about the state of Lawrence Regional Airport. Cookson touched on the ...
Majed Al-Ghafry thinks the city where he started his municipal government career – Chula Vista, California – has some lessons for Lawrence about growing smart.
Al-Ghafry has now been Lawrence’s city manager for almost a month, but back in the early ‘90s he was starting out as an engineer in that San Diego-area city, and it was in the middle of a growth spurt. In the mid-’80s, a builder had decided to ...
