Despite being part of Douglas County's tentative 2024 budget, two economic development funding requests are still raising questions and skepticism from county leaders — and those might not be resolved until long after the budget itself is approved. At the County Commission's meeting ...
The disciplinary panel overseeing an ethics hearing for the Douglas County district attorney ruled on Wednesday that the investigation was conducted in a fair and neutral way, and the complaint involving how she behaved to local judges will not be dismissed. District Attorney Suzanne Valdez ...
Updated at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23 Douglas County commissioners remain on track to approve publication of the county's proposed 2024 budget on Aug. 30, but County Administrator Sarah Plinsky wants more details from commissioners at their meeting on Wednesday about how and when to ...
Douglas County commissioners have now joined other local governments in approving tax incentives for a project that would redevelop a building in downtown Lawrence — after a developer told them the story of why the building had sat vacant for more than a decade. On Wednesday the commission ...
Now that tax incentives for redeveloping a long-vacant building in downtown Lawrence have been narrowly approved by the City Commission and the school board, the Douglas County Commission could soon give the last major approval needed to move the project forward. At its meeting on Wednesday, ...
By early to mid-2025, Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center hopes to have a new 24-unit supportive housing complex to help people who struggle with both homelessness and behavioral health disorders. That's according to Bert Nash CEO Patrick Schmitz, who spoke with the Journal-World this ...