Some Lawrence city commissioners say that in order to create affordable housing options downtown, the city might have to repurpose some of its parking lots and other properties. The idea of redeveloping the city's downtown properties — which include a few buildings and 17 parking lots — ...
Story updated at 7:27 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18: A Lawrence Police Department employee who recently attended a gathering with the interim police chief has tested positive for COVID-19, requiring the interim chief to quarantine. The Journal-World learned of the situation through an email Interim ...
City leaders have voted to approve an ordinance that gives Lawrence police more power to enforce local health orders put in place to deter the spread of COVID-19. As part of a special meeting Thursday, the Lawrence City Commission voted 4-1, with Mayor Jennifer Ananda opposing, to approve an ...
In the wake of multiple large house parties over the weekend, Lawrence city leaders say they are interested in considering an ordinance that would make it a municipal offense to violate local health orders put in place to deter the spread of COVID-19. After a debate during the Lawrence City ...
Three weeks after announcing the creation of a 27-member task force dedicated to reviewing policies on local policing, the University of Kansas on Wednesday announced two public listening sessions and a town hall at which the public can bring concerns to the task force. Because of the ...
In the wake of multiple large house parties over the weekend, Lawrence city leaders say they are interested in considering an ordinance that would make it a municipal offense to violate local health orders put in place to deter the spread of COVID-19. After a debate during the Lawrence City ...
City leaders would like to know more specifics about how a proposal to build a $29 million field operations headquarters in eastern Lawrence would create operational efficiencies, thereby saving the city money. As part of the Lawrence City Commission's meeting on Tuesday, city staff and the ...
City leaders have finalized a nondiscrimination ordinance regarding undocumented immigrants, including the addition of two provisions meant to create transparency regarding how police interact with those populations. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted ...
City leaders will soon discuss additional provisions of a nondiscrimination ordinance meant to create transparency regarding how the police interact with undocumented immigrants. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider adopting the ordinance on second reading ...
The City of Lawrence will soon be starting a conversation about systemic racism to help inform potentially fundamental changes in policing and other city functions — with the city’s multimillion-dollar police budget in the balance. Following local and national protests this year over ...
The city's main downtown bus stop and bus transfer point will soon temporarily relocate to allow for sidewalk repairs. Starting Monday, the bus stop will move one block south from its current location in the 700 block of Vermont Street, which is in front of the Lawrence Public Library, to the ...
More details will soon be shared about the city’s plans to build a $29 million field operations headquarters in eastern Lawrence. As part of the Lawrence City Commission meeting Tuesday, city staff and the design team for the project will present the master plan for the field operations ...
The City of Lawrence is moving forward with plans to build a new bus-transfer hub, starting with a yearlong process to determine how bus routes should be restructured. The city has previously allocated $4.5 million for the project, but the project was delayed because of years of debate about ...
The City of Lawrence will be adding two new pedestrian crossings for high-traffic streets that run through residential neighborhoods. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to approve an additional $33,800 in funding to cover the project, which came in ...
Temporary shelters for homeless people can now house up to 40 occupants as long as the building has adequate space to do so. As part of its consent agenda Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission approved new occupancy limits for temporary shelters that typically house homeless people during the ...
Local public health officials say they are creating a plan to step up enforcement of health orders put in place to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, including a recent order that prohibits businesses from serving alcohol after 9 p.m. As part of its work session Tuesday, the Lawrence ...
The City of Lawrence will be testing sewer pipes for leaks in the Indian Hills neighborhood for the next several weeks. Starting this week, the city will be working with TREKK Design Group to blow the smoke, which is nontoxic and odorless, into sewer pipes to document where smoke escapes the ...
One of the stark markers of segregation in Lawrence was that white children swam in a private pool with a snack bar and lifeguards while Black children often resorted to the muddy Kansas River. And in the case of 12-year-old Wray Jones, ended up drowning in its waters. The river can hide its ...
City leaders will soon get a look at details regarding the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in Douglas County and efforts to address it. As part of its work session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will receive a report and presentation from Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health regarding ...
Last year’s heavy rains have delayed the city’s plans to make repairs to the Kansas River dam and increased the project’s cost by hundreds of thousands of dollars. In March of last year, the Lawrence City Commission approved an approximately $1.24 million contract with TSP Environmental ...