If Lawrence wants to add hundreds of housing units a year, as its affordable housing study says is necessary, it’s going to need some new tactics. The housing study, as the Journal-World has reported, was recently completed by consulting firm Development Strategies using a COVID-related ...

City leaders next week will consider authorizing a nearly $1 million contract for the final design of northwest Lawrence's new fire station. At its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission is set to vote on the $951,502 agreement with SFS Architecture Inc. for the final design of Fire ...

If you have traffic fines that need paying in Lawrence Municipal Court, you can get credit toward them by donating school supplies for local students over the next few weeks. Municipal Court is currently holding its annual School Supplies for Fines drive, in which people who bring $15 worth of ...

A conversation billed as reassessing Douglas County's homelessness plan initially sparked tension between attendees on Wednesday, with advocates and service providers saying the meeting gave the impression that the community's existing strategy was looking to be dismantled. However, county and ...

Riders generally “feel safe in most places” on Lawrence Transit's bus routes, a new survey shows, “except for one” — the stop across from the Lawrence Public Library on Vermont Street. That's from a report the City of Lawrence shared this month on the transit survey, which got 222 ...

With the green light from the Lawrence City Commission, the Lawrence Public Library's effort to put a pavilion and performance space on its lawn should soon be underway. On Tuesday, the commission approved a minor change to its lease agreement with the library that will let the library erect ...