WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal charges any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration, according to a memo to the workforce ...
Douglas County commissioners at their Wednesday meeting are expected to determine the timeline for the Senior Resource Center's transition from a nonprofit agency into a county department, which will require nearly $220,000 in additional funding. Commissioners will consider a transition ...
A groundbreaking ceremony for the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center renovation and expansion along with the Public Safety Building project will be postponed to next week. According to a press release from Douglas County, the groundbreaking ceremony for the largest capital improvement ...
The Douglas County Commission unanimously approved two permits related to the expansion of Kansas Highway 10 on Wednesday, after a bit of discussion about whether waste from road materials would pose an environmental risk as it broke down. The commissioners approved the conditional use ...
Shelter stays, jail beds, ambulance rides and ER visits: Homeless people in Douglas County used more than $5 million of these types of emergency services in 2023, and the average per-person cost may have been above $7,000. That's according to a report released in October that the county ...
Douglas County commissioners at their Wednesday meeting will consider two conditional use permits tied to the ongoing Kansas Highway 10 expansion. The expansion involves K-10 being widened from two to four lanes west of Lawrence. The conditional use permits, or CUPs, are for a landfill to ...