Hamm Companies, which for decades has run the landfill that serves Lawrence, plans to sell that landfill to a large nationwide waste disposal company, and the City of Lawrence is being asked to consent to the sale. In a letter Hamm sent to the city and county, dated Dec. 10, Hamm said it would ...

City leaders next week will be considering a tax incentive package for a proposed 121-unit affordable housing complex on the west side of Lawrence. The housing project is Floret Hill at the southeast corner of Bob Billings Parkway and Kansas Highway 10, and it's being developed by Wheatland ...

As part of a City of Lawrence study about housing affordability and “COVID’s impact on the housing market,” you can now take an online survey that asks plenty of questions about your housing – but no questions about COVID. If you're wondering why that is, city officials and consultants ...

While electric vehicles, or EVs, have been steadily rising in popularity in Douglas County, the area's charging infrastructure has some growing to do, a new report from local planning officials suggests. The report is called the Douglas County EV Readiness Report. It was produced by the ...

The first question of the night for the North Lawrence corridor study task force was no softball: “Burger at Johnny’s, or enchiladas at La Tropicana?” “That’s really tough,” said one committee member when they saw the informal poll at the start of the meeting. “That IS tough,” ...

Lawrence City Commissioner Amber Sellers now has another leadership role with the National League of Cities — a seat on a special council that represents university towns. The City of Lawrence announced in a news release Tuesday that Sellers had been appointed to NLC's University Communities ...