After a flood of public comments, including a petition asking the city to change its mind on a redesign of Lawrence’s Outdoor Aquatic Center, city commissioners have voiced support for a plan that would repair the pool’s current configuration and cost the city less money. Commissioners at ...
Two Lawrence bike and pedestrian projects won state grants totaling about $3.5 million, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced Monday. The two projects in Lawrence that received the competitive grants from the state’s Transportation Alternatives Program — administered by the Kansas Department ...
A mom and her two young-adult children who have been living in a tent behind Lawrence’s Amtrak station packed up their belongings Monday for the second time in two months to move to yet another location, this time a campsite farther east. The City of Lawrence announced on Aug. 16 — just ...
The 2024 general election kicks off soon, with the deadline to register to vote on Oct. 15 and advance voting starting on Oct. 16. On the ballot in Douglas County are races for district attorney, County Commission and state legislative seats, and in Lawrence there are also ballot questions ...
Voters in Lawrence are being asked to vote on a referendum that could raise the affordable housing sales tax from 0.05% to 0.10%, allowing some of the funds to pay for services to help persons experiencing homelessness. The ballot initiative was approved by the City Commission in August as ...
No city leaders will be on the ballot this November, but Lawrence voters will have an opportunity to change the structure of their local government to include a directly elected mayor and a City Commission that's elected partly by geographic districts. The question on the ballot, which asks ...