City leaders will soon consider approving increases to city solid waste collection rates, including a 3% increase for residential customers, a 6% increase for dumpster rentals, and a 10% increase for downtown trash collection. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will ...
Crews are pretreating bridges and elevated surfaces across town in advance of anticipated winter weather tonight, the City of Lawrence announced Monday afternoon. According to the National Weather Service, snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches is possible overnight. The city will only begin ...
The most recent infill development project to go through City Hall will likely not be the last to raise protests from neighbors, and commissioners on both sides of the vote hope the city’s development code update, which began recently, will result in a better process in the future. Last ...
With more than 100 short-term rentals now licensed in Lawrence, city code enforcement believes its tactics are working for identifying people renting properties by the night without the required license. After falling amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of short-term rental listings in ...
Lawrence business owners, residents, social service providers and people experiencing homelessness spoke to city leaders Tuesday evening about the city’s response to homelessness and the management of a camp in North Lawrence. During the public comment portion of the Lawrence City ...
The owners of Johnny’s Tavern are closing the business’s iconic North Lawrence location for the foreseeable future in an effort to pressure officials to make changes to a city-operated homeless camp next to the bar. Owner Rick Renfro told the Journal-World Monday afternoon that he plans ...