Sustainability Advisory Board chair and community organizer Ma’Ko’Quah Jones has filed for election to the Lawrence City Commission. Jones, who has degrees in government, Native American studies and environmental law, said working in government has always been one of her goals. In addition ...
Improvements at the Santa Fe depot have recently been put on hold after the city’s contractor discovered a brick surface beneath the existing gravel parking lot. The 1950s-era train station is an example of midcentury modern architecture, and the station is on the National Register of ...
Lawrence will be awarded more than $1.6 million in funding from the latest federal pandemic relief package to increase affordable housing and other supports to address homelessness. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently announced that as part of the American Rescue Plan ...
Citing a need to keep up with infrastructure projects, Lawrence city leaders are moving forward with changes that would add another seven staff positions, bringing the total number of newly requested positions to more than 20. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted ...
With at least 280 people estimated to be living outside in Lawrence, city and county leaders are preparing for a deeper discussion about the resources and coordination needed to address the issue of homelessness. As part of its study session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission received an ...
City leaders will soon discuss a request to amend the city’s 2021 budget to add seven positions to city staff, bringing the total number of newly requested positions to more than 20. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will discuss requests from city staff to add ...
Amid concerns with the number of people camping throughout the city, Lawrence city leaders will soon meet with local social service providers and county leaders to discuss the problem of homelessness and what is being done to address it. As part of its study session Tuesday, the Lawrence City ...
For those struggling to afford housing or already experiencing homelessness, being approved for housing assistance can seem like a solution is finally at hand. The reality is that even with that money guaranteed, it can be months before recipients of housing assistance are able to find a ...
As the City of Lawrence begins work to return a sacred prayer rock stolen from the Kaw Nation’s homelands nearly a century ago, it is asking the community for any historical documents to help understand how the boulder was brought to Lawrence and installed in its current location. As it has ...
After disagreement regarding how to handle counseling provided by members of religious organizations, city leaders have deferred their vote on an ordinance that would ban so-called conversion therapy that aims to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. As part of its meeting ...
After an outside study of Lawrence's and Douglas County's emergency medical services agreement called for the county to increase its contribution, city leaders said Tuesday that they were ready to move toward the creation of a new agreement. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City ...
Lawrence city leaders will soon discuss an outside study of the city's agreement with Douglas County to jointly fund and provide emergency medical services, the results of which call for the county to increase how much money it provides toward the service. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the ...
Some of the city’s unsheltered homeless people have set up their campsites along the Kansas River, where the budding trees will soon help obscure them from view. Others, though, seem to have decided the safest place to camp is out in the open. In Watson Park, a handful of tents are pitched ...
City leaders will soon consider adopting an ordinance that would ban so-called conversion therapy that aims to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider adopting Ordinance 9828, which would prohibit ...
At a joint meeting Monday, elected city and county leaders said that the coronavirus pandemic made both the problem of homelessness and the need for local governments to work together to address it more clear. The pandemic led to various organizations working to house people quickly or ...
The latest federal COVID-19 stimulus package is projected to send tens of millions into the coffers of Lawrence and Douglas County governments, while also allowing local leaders more flexibility to spend the money and more time to weigh those decisions than did past pandemic-related relief. ...
As he walked Saturday along Lawrence's river levee trail, explaining what he hoped a cleanup effort would accomplish, Alex Hormell spotted what he said was another homeless camp abandoned last fall with the onset of cold weather. Hormell, who organized the volunteer cleanup, had spotted tarps ...
In direct conflict with Lawrence’s goals for renewable energy, state lawmakers have passed a bill backed by the natural gas industry that prohibits cities from making any rules or requirements that would limit the use of natural gas or propane. The Kansas Gas Service sponsored the bill, and ...
After delays, the City of Lawrence is preparing to roll out a new water billing method that aims to encourage conservation by charging higher rates for irrigation or for other accessory uses. The new billing structure goes into effect April 1 and includes three inclining residential rates and ...
After finishing 2020 with millions of dollars more in reserves than expected, Lawrence city leaders say the city is on firm financial footing to add what they say are badly needed positions. The Lawrence City Commission recently indicated support for a $1.59 million budget amendment for this ...