Updated at 4:03 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28 The Kansas Supreme Court has renewed Douglas County Chief Judge James R. McCabria's appointment as chief judge of Kansas’ Seventh Judicial District, according to a post from the county on social media. McCabria was first appointed chief judge in ...
Douglas County leaders have now significantly narrowed down their options for renovating the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center, focusing on a set of plans that would cost between $105 million and about $120 million, would add an extra wing to the building and wouldn't require a tax ...
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday will hear a follow-up presentation on a remodel of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center that could cost more than $125 million. The architecture firm overseeing the remodel, TreanorHL, has spent 10 months in the planning phase of a project aimed at ...
Over the 2022 fiscal year, Douglas County's cash reserves got a boost because the county took in nearly $12 million more than it spent, according to a financial statement that auditors presented at the County Commission's meeting on Wednesday. Douglas County's audit report from Allen, Gibbs ...
Douglas County commissioners have budgeted millions of dollars for Lawrence’s supportive housing needs, but a report they commissioned from a housing nonprofit says the agencies receiving that money often are unclear on what supportive housing really entails. "Supportive housing" typically ...
Douglas County commissioners are expected to decide on a pair of planning and development items at their business meeting on Wednesday evening. One of the items being considered is a site plan for a contractor’s shop/yard located at 1749 East 1500 Road. According to a memo from the ...