City leaders agreed on Tuesday that local governments should provide emergency funding for the Lawrence Community Shelter, but they want more discussion regarding how the city and county should split up those costs. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission discussed the ...
The bike-share company currently operating in Lawrence is requesting the city's permission to add electric scooters to its fleet of rentable vehicles and to lift parking restrictions. More specifically, VeoRide Inc. is requesting that the city allow it to rent out 150 electric scooters and ...
The filing deadline passed Monday without any additional candidates filing for election to the Lawrence City Commission. The seats of commissioners Stuart Boley, Leslie Soden and Matthew Herbert are up for reelection this year, and both Soden and Herbert have announced that they would not seek ...
Updated story - June 4 — City leaders question how homeless shelter’s $400,000 emergency funding request should be split with county City leaders will soon consider whether to provide the local homeless shelter an additional $252,000 to help the shelter meet shortfalls in its budget. ...
Updated story - June 4 — Lawrence City Commission reviews potential changes to sidewalk policy; residents ask city to pay for repairs This spring, 243 homeowners got a letter from the city telling them to fix their sidewalks or else have them condemned and fixed by the city at their ...
City of Lawrence and firefighter union representatives disagree on how much of a wage increase is needed to keep firefighter pay competitive, and discussion about raises and other compensation issues will continue as contract negotiations proceed. The union’s current contract covers ...
A new structure providing shade in Burroughs Creek Park reflects the sustainable and environmental spirit of the East Lawrence neighborhood, Keith Van de Riet said. As part of the Prairie Block project, a community-led plan to restore native prairie and wetlands to Lawrence's urban setting ...
Consent agenda C.1 APPROVE CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES: a) Consider approving City Commission meeting minutes from 05/14/2019. C.2 CLAIMS: a) Consider approving all claims. ACTION: Approve claims. C.3 APPROVE LICENSES AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY CLERKS OFFICE: a) ...
Motorists in Lawrence should be prepared to slow down as road crews work on millions of dollars worth of projects throughout the spring and summer. The city has several ongoing road projects and others that will begin in coming weeks. Below is a summary of the major summer roadwork in ...
With his first legislative session almost in the books, state Rep. Mike Amyx, D-Lawrence, said his main priority of finding funding for the expansion of the South Lawrence Trafficway has not changed. “That is still the highest thing I’d like to get done,” he told the Journal-World on ...
The City of Lawrence is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a longtime pilot that claims the city hasn’t properly kept up some airport infrastructure. Great Planes Inc., which operates an airplane hangar and offices at the airport on space leased from the city, filed the lawsuit ...
CLAYTON, MO. — The world incoming city manager Craig Owens departs is a very different one from what awaits him in Lawrence. The approximately 2.5-square-mile city of Clayton, Mo., where Owens has been the city manager since 2008, has been booming by many accounts. The city has about 16,000 ...
ST. LOUIS — As incoming city manager Craig Owens gave a driving tour of Clayton, Mo., he was sure also to drive outside Clayton’s bounds to a place starkly different from the city he has managed since 2008. Just outside the affluence of Clayton, an invisible line is crossed and the ...
The City of Lawrence named three finalists for chief of the Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical Department on Friday afternoon. Lawrence City Manager Tom Markus named Michael Baker of Tulsa, Okla., and local candidates Shaun Coffey and Tom Fagan as the finalists, according to a city news ...
The City of Lawrence is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit related to the ongoing project to widen a portion of 23rd Street, in which a homeowner is disputing the city’s determination of a property line and payment for an easement. In its motion, the city states that the 3-foot-wide strip ...
The city will soon hold two community meetings on the future of downtown Lawrence and is providing resources for neighborhoods and other local groups to hold their own meetings to gather additional input. The city is asking what priorities and concerns residents have for downtown, and the ...
City leaders expressed concern about charging entry fees for the city’s recreation facilities, and officials said they would have to weigh such changes against other options to balance the budget as part of the upcoming 2020 budget process. At the Lawrence City Commission’s meeting ...
City leaders will consider creating exceptions to a proposed ordinance that would require managers at businesses that serve alcohol to undergo sexual violence intervention training. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission deferred adopting an ordinance requiring the ...
The City of Lawrence Utility Billing office has been informed that scammers may be sending texts to some cell phones with a message about past due water bills, according to a city news release. The city does not send text messages, and it advises residents who have received a text message ...
Some Lawrence residents could soon have to pay as much as $48 per year to use the city’s recreation centers, which are currently free and provide access to cardio equipment, weights, basketball courts and other activities. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will ...