With winter weather approaching in Lawrence, organizers and volunteers working with the Extreme Weather Emergency Shelter Plan are confident that they will be able to provide enough shelter for those who need it this season. As the Journal-World has reported, the City of Lawrence and Douglas ...

If there is one thing Lawrencians can agree on, it’s that Lawrence needs more housing. Housing costs are increasing in the city while not enough homes are being built. The city is on pace to hit a record low in single-family homes this year, as the Journal-World reported, with only 44 ...

The City of Lawrence will soon host its first open house for the Bob Billings Parkway extension project. The two-phase project aims to upgrade the current partially unpaved rural two-lane road to an arterial roadway from Kansas Highway 10 to East 800 Road. The first phase will work on K-10 to ...

The Lawrence City Commission unanimously approved increases to the city's solid waste and stormwater utility rates for 2025 on Tuesday night, some of which were smaller than last year's rate increases. For the solid waste rates, Mike Lawless, the deputy director for Lawrence’s Municipal and ...

Some Lawrence city commissioners seem close to making up their minds on where the city's new downtown bus hub should go — but, with a month to go before the vote, they're not all in favor of the same site. At its meeting on Tuesday, the commission gave more feedback to Lawrence Transit about ...

A group that has organized against a potential redesign of Lawrence’s Outdoor Aquatic Center is asking for a citizen oversight committee to monitor the project. Back in August, the Lawrence City Commission approved a renovation to Lawrence's public pool that will add features like a lazy ...