A small parking lot south of Douglas County's historic courthouse will close for construction next week, and meanwhile, additional parking spots will open at the nearby parking lot behind the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center. The lot for the historic courthouse will be closed for ...
The number of injury crashes in Lawrence held steady last year, according to a newly released report, and the city hopes more road safety projects in the coming year will help drive injuries and fatal crashes down. Earlier this month, the city shared its data on traffic crashes for 2025 for ...
Lawrence’s new airport manager doesn’t have an estimate for when the airport will resolve its issues with the Federal Aviation Administration, but he says that work is essential for the airport to grow into an “economic engine.” At a meeting on Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission ...
UPDATED 6:30 P.M. Plans to build more than a thousand new homes and apartments west of the Bob Billings Parkway and South Lawrence Trafficway interchange hit a snag at Monday’s Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission meeting. Planning commissioners on a 4-3 vote recommended denial of a ...
Majed Al-Ghafry thinks the city where he started his municipal government career – Chula Vista, California – has some lessons for Lawrence about growing smart. Al-Ghafry has now been Lawrence’s city manager for almost a month, but back in the early ‘90s he was starting out as an ...
Early in the 2027 budget process, Lawrence’s employee healthcare plan got a worrying diagnosis – the fund used to pay out benefits wasn't sustainable. City commissioners have known that for a while; in the city manager’s recommended budget that was released earlier this summer, about ...