As Douglas County leaders begin the process of setting the 2024 budget, they seem especially interested in examining how much data the county is gathering from community partner agencies who receive county funding. That was a prominent topic during a Douglas County Commission work session ...
The top leaders of the Douglas County Republican Party have come together to unanimously ask the City of Lawrence, county commissioners and other local governments to immediately reduce taxes. New Douglas County GOP Chair Brent Hoffman said approximately 55 precinct committee men and women ...
The start of Douglas County’s annual budget process is right around the corner, and county leaders are set to hear more this week about how it’ll work and what steps come next. The Douglas County Commission will be presented with an overview of the 2024 budget development process from ...
Heartland Community Health Center has seen a dramatic increase in visits related to family-planning care, its leader told Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday, and that could make it the ideal new home for a grant funding such services. At its weekly meeting, the County Commission heard ...
When Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health hands off family-planning services to another provider at the end of June, it seems that that provider won’t be moving those services very far — or moving them at all. Heartland Community Health Center, which will be applying for the Kansas ...
Douglas County’s Heritage Conservation Council has found its next coordinator, and that means it will soon be able to proceed with its Natural and Cultural Heritage Grant program for 2023. During the Douglas County Commission's work session on Wednesday afternoon, HCC chair Jenny Trucano ...