Although Lawrence’s 2025 budget was only approved a couple of months ago, the city is seeking community members to be a part of a special committee to help make budgeting decisions for 2026, a year for which the city manager says Lawrence will face tough choices. The city announced Friday ...
The Lawrence chamber of commerce has officially endorsed a proposal on the November ballot that would change the city’s government structure to one with a directly elected mayor and some city commissioners elected by districts. The Chamber announced in a statement Friday afternoon that it ...
A plan to add two dozen Pallet shelters behind the Lawrence Community Shelter, increasing the number of people the site can house nightly by nearly 50, has received another key approval. The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission on Wednesday night unanimously approved a special use ...
Four projects that offer resources to address addiction and opioid abuse in Lawrence, provide homelessness services and support local first responders will be implemented thanks to $254,000 in opioid settlement funds. Earlier in the year, members of the Homeless Solutions Division, ...
A Lawrence nonprofit formed by a group of downtown business leaders urges residents to vote “no” on the referendum question asking for an increase in the city’s affordable housing sales tax that would help fund services to help people experiencing homelessness. The group Lawrence Cares, ...
Just in terms of geography, it is easy to feel the looming presence of the University of Kansas from University Place. The little neighborhood tucks in between the southeast corner of KU’s campus to its north and 19th Street to the south, with its west and east borders at Naismith Drive and ...