A controversial proposal to extend a road near the Mutt Run Off-Leash Dog Park may soon get a new round of discussion at Lawrence City Hall. City leaders will soon consider a revised proposal to hire an outside consultant to guide a community discussion of the city street project, which ...
As the home-buying season gets underway in Lawrence, those in the industry say the city is facing a historic shortage of homes on the market that requires city leaders to take action. Lawrence Board of Realtors President John Huntington said that in his 30 years of experience, he has never ...
The City of Lawrence has agreed to pay nearly $1 million in back overtime to dozens of firefighter captains, police sergeants and other city employees. Following both an outside and internal review, the city determined it had mistakenly misclassified certain positions as not eligible for ...
City leaders will soon consider making an official commitment to return a sacred prayer rock to the Kaw Nation and to issue a formal apology for its removal from the tribe’s homeland decades ago. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider adopting a joint ...
After having not received a single complaint to review since it was formed, the Community Police Review Board is asking for changes on the Lawrence Police Department’s website to instruct residents on how to elevate a complaint to the board. As part of its meeting Thursday evening, the board ...
As the Lawrence Police Department nears a potentially pivotal point, the city plans to enlist the help of a professional search firm to find the department’s next chief. The decision to hire an outside firm comes following the resignation of the last police chief after he served only about ...
The Lawrence City Commission has voted to amend rules governing its meetings in an effort to improve their efficiency and prevent them from running late into the night. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the commission voted 3-0, with commissioners Stuart Boley and Jennifer Ananda absent, to ...
Commissioner Lisa Larsen has filed for reelection to the Lawrence City Commission. Larsen was appointed by the commission to fill a vacancy in 2015 and ran to keep the seat in 2017. She finished with a significant lead over the other winning candidates and served as mayor in 2019. Regarding ...
The City Commission’s Tuesday evening meetings have been known go into the wee hours of Wednesday, but that could soon change if city leaders decide to amend rules governing their meetings. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider adopting an amendment to ...
A woven blanket is neatly hung like a curtain inside the window of the covered truck bed, a space that provides only enough room to crouch but for years has served as one man’s home. Edward, who did not want to use his last name, said that when he checked into the city’s hotel shelter ...
As part of a community input meeting Thursday evening, consultants conducting the study of the Lawrence Police Department wanted to know what residents would change about how the department operates. The meeting was run in part by Richard Word, of Citygate Associates, who asked participants ...
City leaders have voted to repeal residency rules that require many of the city’s top officials to live in Lawrence, maintaining the requirement only for one position. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted 4-1, with Commissioner Lisa Larsen opposing, to repeal ...
Citing critical operational needs, Lawrence city leaders are moving forward with changes that would add nearly $1.6 million to the city’s budget for this year, enabling the city to add 13 full-time positions and one part-time position to city staff. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the ...
City leaders will soon decide whether to repeal residency rules that require many of the city’s top officials to live in Lawrence, potentially maintaining the requirement only for one position. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider repealing the ...
Lawrence city leaders will soon consider whether to approve changes that would add nearly $1.4 million to the city’s budget — and nine full-time positions and one part-time position to city staff — for this year. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider ...
After eight months of research and discussion, the city’s police review board is asking residents what they think of the board’s proposed changes to increase oversight of police complaints. The changes are meant to provide greater transparency and accountability in the handling of ...
The City of Lawrence was awarded a $564,000 grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation for the Lawrence Loop project, according to a news release Thursday from the city. Lawrence received the award for the shared-use path from Michigan Street to Sandra J. Shaw Community Health Park, ...
Before Lawrence city leaders consider taking over certain sidewalk maintenance responsibilities, they have a couple of questions for city staff, including how the city might fund a maintenance program and what kinds of legal issues it might face if it tried to enact one. At its meeting ...
Lawrence will be spending another $90,000 on a program to house homeless people in hotels amid frigid winter temperatures. At its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to approve the additional spending for the program, for which demand has more than doubled over the ...
The outside consultant the City of Lawrence hired to study its police department has been gathering input from city and police leaders — and will soon be gathering it from the public. And that feedback could help inform changes to police duties and shape the city's search for a new police ...