Lawrence has already fallen short of its 2025 goal for fully powering municipal operations with renewable energy, and city staff say this, along with other targets, is unrealistic and lacks a clear path on how to achieve them. Now, staff want to recommend repealing an ordinance passed in 2020 ...
In the North Lawrence Comprehensive Corridor Study, big questions are taking shape about safety, identity and connections to the rest of the city, and the study's task force will soon think more about what to do next. At its meeting on Tuesday, the task force will hear about recent public ...
If you want to see what comes of the City Commission’s business trips, you might take a trip down North Michigan Street. The Village of Pallet cabins for the homeless there is a project that the city might not have done had leaders not heard about it at a conference, Mayor Brad Finkeldei ...
As Lawrence and Douglas County faces potentially several inches of snow and bitterly cold temperatures due to a winter storm this weekend, city officials and other organizations are working to ensure residents’ safety with both expanding shelter capacity and road treatment. The city will be ...
Based on the winter weather coming to Lawrence starting Friday, Lawrence Transit announced cancellations for some of its ridership services over the weekend. Lawrence Transit announced in a press release Thursday afternoon it would cancel its On Demand service after 8 p.m. Friday. Those ...
State legislators are considering a proposal to move city government and school board elections to even-numbered years – and a couple of Douglas County figures are saying that could add some new complications. The proposal in the Legislature is called House Bill 2452, and it would change the ...