Tuesday is set to be decision day for what leaders are calling Lawrence’s largest development project in modern history — an approximately $750 million “Gateway District” around the University of Kansas’ football stadium. Lawrence City commissioners on Tuesday will consider ...
The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday night approved a traffic calming project in the Sunset Hill neighborhood that will add speed cushions along a major collector street. The project calls for adding five speed cushions along Crestline Drive between Ninth Street and Bob Billings Parkway to ...
The City of Lawrence announced Thursday it will push back the construction timeline for a major renovation to its Outdoor Aquatic Center, with the goal of completing the project in 2027. The city said in a press release that the project will now be completed in two phases “to avoid overlap ...
For the University of Kansas’ Gateway project — the $750 million renovation and redevelopment of the football stadium and the area around it — there are big stakes on the horizon. Now, there is a big new private donation on the books, as well. KU on Wednesday announced that Paul and ...
It was checkbook balancing time at Lawrence City Hall on Tuesday, and the records show a pretty clear story for 2024. City expenses grew nearly twice as fast as revenues, and for every new dollar in spending, more than 60 cents of it went to public works projects. City-hired auditors ...
Two former mayors, a former housing authority official and a longtime tech industry worker have advanced to the general election for the Lawrence City Commission after the primary election Tuesday. Tuesday's primary trimmed a field of 13 candidates for the two City Commission seats down to ...