The City of Lawrence will soon be requiring its unvaccinated employees to be tested regularly for COVID-19, and Douglas County could soon adopt a similar policy for its employees. Between the two local governments, such policies would cover more than 1,600 workers. While these kinds of ...
Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health Director of Informatics Sonia Jordan has been recognized as one of the “40 Under 40 in Public Health.” The de Beaumont Foundation announced its 2021 list this week after reviewing applications from hundreds of public health leaders, according to a news ...
County leaders have approved $125,000 in rent and utility assistance that local social service agencies say is needed as they begin to see the effects of the end of the federal eviction moratorium. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission approved a request from the ...
Douglas County leaders say the upcoming process for distributing nearly $24 million in federal pandemic relief should distribute some emergency funding right away, but that the majority of the money should go through a more strategic process. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas ...
Douglas County leaders will soon continue their discussion of changes to fireworks regulations that would increase requirements on fireworks stands and prohibit people from setting off fireworks on some county-owned properties. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission ...
Douglas County leaders will soon begin discussing how they would like to distribute the nearly $24 million in federal pandemic relief that the county will receive over the next two years. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission will review the process the county used ...