With enrollment and state aid decreasing, the Lawrence school board approved a maximum property tax rate with a slight increase from last year, aiming to offset the funding gap. On Monday, school board members approved the maximum mill levy – or property tax rate – of 52.333 mills. Once ...
A teenage boy has been charged with a felony after he allegedly took a nude photo of a younger special needs student last spring and shared it, and the Lawrence Police Department has acknowledged that the case was initially mishandled. The student, a juvenile whom the Journal-World is not ...
Tuesday is set to be decision day for what leaders are calling Lawrence’s largest development project in modern history — the approximately $750 million Gateway district around the University of Kansas’ football stadium. Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday will consider a variety of ...
Seven Lawrence school board candidates are vying for three seats in this year's elections, but, unlike the Lawrence City Commission candidates, they won’t appear on the primary ballot in August. Instead, they will be on the general election ballot on Nov. 4. Three are incumbents seeking ...
Lawrence Transit's biggest projects, like a downtown bus station and electrifying more of its fleet, are anticipating some minor speed bumps. But in terms of growth, its director says the ride has been fairly smooth. Felice Lavergne, who took over as Lawrence Transit's full-time director in ...
The Lawrence City Commission voted Tuesday night to exceed its revenue neutral rate and, after lengthy discussion, bumped up the maximum mill levy from the initial rate proposed in the budget to a higher amount to create some budgetary “wiggle room.” Commissioners voted 3-2 to exceed the ...