Following concerns from neighbors, city leaders have voted to approve a narrower design for the reconstruction of a portion of East 19th Street. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted 4-1, with Commissioner Courtney Shipley opposed, to approve a design concept that ...
City leaders have committed to a public review of the Lawrence Police Department’s use-of-force policies, with some emphasizing that the review would be just one piece of a larger evaluation. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to adopt a ...
City leaders will soon consider approving the design for the reconstruction of a portion of East 19th Street, a project that has generated concerns from neighbors. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider approving the design concept for the reconstruction ...
Just short of four months before an overwhelming majority of the Lawrence police union voted that they had no confidence in their chief, union leaders had given him a letter detailing their pressing concerns, records show. Among them, the union’s executive board listed staffing shortages ...
Updated at 5:37 p.m. Monday City leaders will soon consider whether to commit to a public review of the Lawrence Police Department’s use-of-force policies, including the department’s policies regarding deadly force. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will ...
Though Lawrence's recreation centers and sports fields could technically open up for broader use under health orders, Parks and Recreation leaders say they will continue to limit their use until health officials lift restrictions put in place to decrease the spread of the coronavirus. The ...
Story updated at 6:01 p.m. Tuesday: As a protest that is occupying a block of Massachusetts Street continues into its fourth day, the City of Lawrence says it will keep the road closed "at least" through Wednesday. Protesters have been occupying a portion of Massachusetts Street that runs ...
The Lawrence Public Library has reopened in a limited capacity, but library leaders say a return to normal operating is still far away. The library’s meeting areas, study tables and reading corners are gone, and there are limits on the number of visitors and how long they can stay. ...
City officials and representatives of the city’s police union say they have decided to forgo the typical contract negotiation process because of the coronavirus pandemic, opting instead to put forward what both groups say is an extension of the current contract with only minimal changes. ...
A third City of Lawrence employee has tested positive for COVID-19, the city announced Friday in a news release. The case involves an employee from the Municipal Services and Operations Department whose position does not involve contact with the public, according to the release. The worker is ...
City planners have reaffirmed their decision that a longtime family-run tavern in East Lawrence can't reopen because it let a special allowance lapse. Planners determined in March that the former Charlie’s East Side Grill & Bar, 900 Pennsylvania St., had forfeited the grandfathered ...
Roadwork will soon begin to temporarily reconfigure the layout of downtown Lawrence to allow more space for outdoor commerce due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, city staff will begin work on Massachusetts Street for the recently approved reconfiguration plan, which will cause some ...
Updated at 9:50 a.m. Friday A City of Lawrence employee has tested positive for COVID-19. The city became aware that one of its Municipal Services and Operations Department employees had tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, according to a city news release. The release states that the ...
The City of Lawrence is reopening community feedback on the city’s strategic plan to see how racial justice movements and the COVID-19 pandemic have affected community priorities. The Lawrence City Commission will use the feedback to inform its strategic plan, which helps guide the ...
Updated at 3:56 p.m. The City of Lawrence has received more than $8 million in federal relief to help respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, most of which will go to help the city’s bus service continue normal operations. The city’s transit service, which it ...
Lawrence's Community Police Review Board is calling for a review of its structure and powers given that the board has yet to review any complaints against police since it was created nearly two years ago. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the board voted unanimously to establish a work group to ...
The local planning board is recommending against various land use changes needed for a long-debated shopping center proposed for just south of the South Lawrence Trafficway. As part of its meeting Monday, the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Commission voted unanimously to ...
As the City of Lawrence anticipates revenue losses related to the coronavirus pandemic, some local leaders are voluntarily giving up a portion of their salaries to help the city’s bottom line. But they don’t expect those contributions to be antidotes, and they're still preparing for the ...
A former utility worker is suing the City of Lawrence for allegedly discriminating against him because of his disability, but the city says that he was fired for legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons and that awarding him damages would be "unjust enrichment." The plaintiff, Deandre Simmons, ...
City leaders have approved a plan for spending more than $1.5 million in federal funding from the Community Development Block Grant and Home Investment Partnerships programs, including restoring some of the funding previously cut from neighborhood associations. As part of its meeting this ...