The Lawrence school board is expected to approve a new policy in August to comply with a bell-to-bell ban on cellphones in schools that's mandated by state law. On Monday, school board members had their first reading of the district’s new policy for wireless electronic communication ...

While serving on the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission, Chelsi Hayden raised concerns with a City Hall attorney that the commission was frequently violating the Kansas Open Meetings Act as it developed controversial wind farm regulations. After raising those concerns, Hayden was ...

On a night full of facts and figures about the future of affordable housing in Lawrence, Mayor Brad Finkeldei mentioned a specific one leaders will soon be thinking about: $4 million. That’s how much assistance the University of Kansas has pledged to the city for future affordable housing ...

In-person advance voting began in Lawrence on Wednesday at the Douglas County Elections Office, 711 W. 23rd St., and will begin in Eudora, Baldwin City and Lecompton on July 25. Early voting will continue through noon on Monday, Aug. 3. Mail ballots have already been sent out. The primary ...

TOPEKA — The vacancy rate among Kansas teachers employed by accredited K-12 schools declined 9.1% this spring as more special education, science, math, elementary and other hard-to-fill classroom instructional slots were filled, state officials said. The Kansas State Department of ...

Before HR1, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill” was passed in July 2025, Douglas County advocates warned cuts could have harmful effects to healthcare costs and assistance programs for Kansans. A year later, advocacy organizations reflected on the impacts in a press conference ...