City leaders will soon consider requiring certain bar and restaurant staff to undergo sexual violence intervention training in order to get their local liquor licenses. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider adopting an ordinance requiring the training for ...
Consent agenda 1 CLAIMS: a) Consider approving all claims. The list of claims will be posted by the Finance Department on Monday prior to the meeting. If Monday is a holiday, the claims will be posted as soon as possible the next business day. ACTION: Approve claims. 2 APPROVE LICENSES ...
The City of Lawrence is collecting less in sales taxes than anticipated, and city officials are now projecting that the city will not have money for some of the projects it previously planned to complete in the next five years. At its work session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission ...
Lawrence city commissioners indicated Tuesday that they are interested in making significant changes to the way the city handles certain Airbnb properties and other short-term rentals. As part of its work session Tuesday, the commission discussed replacing the recently established permitting ...
After not accepting a potential wind energy agreement last year, city leaders will look more closely at how much money the city might save by switching to wind energy. As part of its work session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will review a cost-benefit analysis of a wind energy ...
Dustin Stumblingbear has withdrawn his candidacy for the Lawrence City Commission. Stumblingbear’s exit from the race means that a primary election is not currently required unless another candidate files to run in the next few weeks. The seats of commissioners Stuart Boley, Leslie Soden ...
Lawrence city commissioners will soon consider whether to walk back the city’s new regulations for Airbnb rentals and potentially ban certain rentals from neighborhoods. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the commission will discuss amending the recently established permitting process for ...
Projects the city is planning for next year include a new multi-department operations headquarters, a segment of the Lawrence Loop trail and a bus-transfer hub. At its work session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will review and provide input on the city’s draft 2020-2024 Capital ...
The Kansas Department of Transportation is narrowing down its study of potential options for the expansion of the South Lawrence Trafficway. KDOT began its three-year environmental impact study on the lane expansion project in September, and the project team presented six initial options for ...
Consent agenda 1. Approve City Commission meeting minutes from 05/07/19. 2. Approve all claims. The list of claims will be posted by the Finance Department on Monday prior to the meeting. If Monday is a holiday, the claims will be posted as soon as possible the next business day. 3. Adopt ...
A day after the Lawrence City Commission put a stop to a controversial five-story apartment and retail complex in downtown Lawrence, the developer’s future plans for the site are not clear. Lawrence Mayor Lisa Larsen told the Journal-World Wednesday afternoon that she has not heard from ...
After hearing hours of comments on proposed plans to build a five-story apartment and retail building complex in downtown Lawrence, the Lawrence City Commission early Wednesday morning denied the project the necessary certifications to move forward. With unanimous votes cast shortly after 1 ...
City leaders have officially chosen a site on the edge of the University of Kansas' West Campus for the city's new bus-transfer hub. At its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission selected a site on Bob Billings Parkway, between Crestline Drive and Iowa Street, for the Lawrence Transit ...
Hundreds of people showed up to comment at Tuesday's Lawrence City Commission meeting, where commissioners were set to discuss Hub on Campus, a controversial apartment and retail project proposed for downtown Lawrence.
After years of debate, city leaders will soon consider selecting a site on Bob Billings Parkway for the location of a future bus-transfer hub. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider selecting the area along the south side of Bob Billings Parkway, between ...
Commissioner Matthew Herbert will not seek reelection, opening up the Lawrence City Commission to have at least two newcomers next year. Herbert, who has a 7-year-old daughter, said his decision was mainly family-oriented. He said part of his consideration had to do with his recent career ...
City leaders will soon consider controversial plans to build a five-story apartment and retail building near the southern entrance of downtown Lawrence. The Hub at Lawrence would stretch the width of the block between Massachusetts and New Hampshire streets and include more than 550 bedrooms ...
Neighborhood leader and community board member Courtney Shipley has filed for election to the Lawrence City Commission. Her entry into the race as the seventh candidate to file for three seats will trigger an August primary election. Shipley, who is chair of the Lawrence Association of ...
Discussions between city and firefighter union representatives will include wage increases, overtime pay and longevity bonuses, and both sides are preparing for a "lively debate." The current contract covers firefighters, fire engineers and fire lieutenants in the Lawrence-Douglas County Fire ...
Updated at 11:55 a.m. Monday, April 29 An airplane operator at the Lawrence Municipal Airport is suing the city of Lawrence, claiming that the city hasn't properly kept up some airport infrastructure and that disrepair damaged one of the company’s airplanes. Great Planes Inc., which ...