Lawrence city leaders will soon consider extending a temporary fast-track economic incentives program originally approved in 2017 as a way to spur industrial development in city business parks and throughout the city. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider ...

The City of Lawrence is expanding its hours at Sports Pavilion Lawrence and reopening free play at all of its recreation centers. The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department will expand the hours at Sports Pavilion Lawrence, 100 Rock Chalk Lane, for general public use on the weekends ...

Citing concerns about pay and working conditions, a third group of city employees is seeking to unionize under the Teamsters. Teamsters Local Union No. 696 filed a petition with the City of Lawrence earlier this month to conduct an election for the city’s maintenance and Parks and ...

The City of Lawrence is increasing its efforts to hire lifeguards for the summer in hopes of preventing the delays in pool openings and other disruptions caused by lifeguard shortages last year. Last summer, Aquatics Supervisor Lori Madaus said the city was only able to fill 60 of the 100 ...

After a new traffic control effort in Old West Lawrence did not significantly reduce the number of cars traveling through the neighborhood, traffic engineers are preparing to make changes to the layout. Traffic engineers working with the City of Lawrence on the pilot project presented the ...

There are no roads or signs that lead the way to La Yarda, but for many of Lawrence’s longtime Mexican-American families, history will always flow back that way. From 1920 to 1951, the housing complex built in the woods along the railroad tracks was home to dozens of Mexican-American ...