As the deadlines approach for Lawrence’s 2027 budget process, some city commissioners are still intent on getting to a smaller property tax rate increase, or even keeping the rate flat. What they’re still trying to figure out is which specific cuts will get them there. The city ...
One of the largest annexation requests in recent memory in Lawrence won approval from the City Commission on Tuesday night. Commissioners voted 5-0 to approve the annexation request and an amendment to the comprehensive plan for land use for roughly 288 acres southwest of Sixth Street and ...
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and the Kansas Department of Transportation on Monday announced that $37.2 million in federal funds has been awarded to 33 projects selected for inclusion in KDOT’s Transportation Alternatives program; among them are two projects in Lawrence and one in Eudora ...
There’s a block party planned on Ninth Street later this month, as the stormwater construction winds down and more of the street opens back up. But for Rob Coleman, there’s not much left to celebrate. City staff came to his restaurant, Fork & Tumbler, last October, talked him and ...
The city’s residency policy is now at the center of Lawrence’s push to regain federal homelessness funding after their application was denied over concerns the rules could “exclude eligible individuals and families” out of services. The Kansas Housing Resources Corporation, KHRC, ...
Unusual lane markings on some Lawrence streets this week were painted by a Kansas Department of Transportation crew by mistake, KDOT and the City of Lawrence say. The city and KDOT both said in statements this week that the work took place on Wednesday in North Lawrence and on Sixth Street. ...