Faced for the first time with funding requests from multiple large-scale affordable housing projects, the city’s Affordable Housing Advisory Board recommended that the city fund senior apartments and mixed-income townhomes. As part of its meeting Monday, AHAB voted unanimously to recommend ...
City leaders will soon discuss draft policies related to how police and other city departments interact with undocumented immigrants and federal immigration enforcement. As part of its study session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will review the draft of a document that would codify ...
City leaders will soon decide whether to spend another $1 million on the police department’s new headquarters in west Lawrence. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider spending an additional $1 million to add three more police functions at the ...
In his first 100 days in office, one of the things City Manager Craig Owens noticed firsthand — while driving the city’s streets, observing the alleyway behind his house or pushing his son’s stroller over the sidewalks — was that the infrastructure was in bad shape. Owens said the ...
City leaders will now also be considering an outright ban of plastic disposable bags in addition to a previously proposed disposable bag fee. The Lawrence Sustainability Advisory Board previously recommended that the city charge a 16-cent fee for disposable plastic and paper bags, but it has ...
A major Lawrence intersection near the University of Kansas has reopened to cross-traffic for the first time in more than half a year. The intersection of 19th and Iowa streets reopened Thursday, the city announced in a press release. Access to the intersection from 19th Street had been ...
Previously, one of the few things I knew about sidewalks was: If you wait long enough, the snow will melt. Now, I know another thing: All that rage people had over the city making property owners pay to fix city sidewalks in front of their homes didn’t carry much weight at the ballot box. ...
Plans to build eight affordable housing units on the site of the former Penn House building in East Lawrence have been withdrawn after concerns from neighbors, and the property owner now plans to build single-family homes. Earlier this fall, Lawrence residents Mike and Tami Nevels filed ...
Two newcomers led the pack in the Lawrence City Commission race and will join incumbent Stuart Boley on the city’s governing body. Attorney and nonprofit board member Brad Finkeldei finished first in Tuesday’s general election. Fellow newcomer Courtney Shipley and Boley, the only ...
About 22% of voters turned out for Tuesday’s city and school board elections, which made it one of the better turnouts for local races this decade. Not bad for a night when the Kansas Jayhawks had a 6 p.m. tipoff, which is normally prime time for voters returning home from work. ...
Stories from Tuesday's election - Finkeldei, Shipley and Boley win seats on the Lawrence City Commission - Erica Hill earns most votes in Lawrence school board election; Cadue-Blackwood, Kimball, Smith also elected - 3 new members elected to Baldwin City Council; 1 newcomer to join two ...
Changes coming next year will improve safety and traffic jams on a troublesome intersection of the South Lawrence Trafficway, Kansas Department of Transportation engineers told Lawrence city leaders Tuesday. As part of its regular meeting, the Lawrence City Commission received updates from ...
Two former employees of Baldwin City have filed lawsuits against the municipal body, both alleging that they faced discrimination on the basis of sex and age and that they were wrongfully terminated. Tamara Hagerman, 57, a former administrative assistant for the city, and Amanda Croucher, 45, ...
Check out our Election Notebook throughout the day and evening for the latest on news about today's election. If history is any guide, local election results should be tallied and announced before 9 p.m. today. For more detailed information about the candidates in the Lawrence city and school ...
The city’s Human Relations Commission would like to more deliberately address discrimination related to immigration status as part of its duties. At a special meeting Monday, the HRC voted unanimously to adopt immigration status as part of the scope of its dealings in the future. HRC Chair ...
City leaders will soon consider a contract to purchase body cameras for all Lawrence police officers. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider authorizing the police department to enter into a five-year contract with Axon Enterprises Inc. for $1.26 million, ...
City leaders will soon review changes meant to improve safety at a troublesome intersection on the South Lawrence Trafficway. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will receive updates from the Kansas Department of Transportation on the upcoming project to expand the ...
As overnight temperatures fall below freezing, leaders at the local homeless shelter say their phones have been ringing with people hoping to find an open bed. And for now, the shelter has no good news. Lawrence Community Shelter Executive Director Renee Kuhl said that since the weather ...
CONSENT AGENDA: 1. APPROVE CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES: a) Consider approving City Commission Meeting minutes of 10/15/19.. 2. BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES: a) Receive Affordable Housing Advisory Board meeting minutes of 09/09/19 and 10/14/19. b) Receive Bert Nash Governing ...
At a forum focusing on the indigenous community, Lawrence City Commission candidates shared what they would do to encourage indigenous businesses in Lawrence, among other issues. Lead Horse LLC, a consulting agency, hosted the forum and it was moderated by Lead Horse CEO and founder Freddy ...