Douglas County commissioners on Monday completed their first day of budget hearings, and didn’t give many clues about whether they are on board with a recommended budget that would increase the property tax rate. “We still have a lot of hearings before we know where we are going to land ...
There won’t be an ambulance filled with $2.6 million traveling from the Douglas County Courthouse on the south end of Massachusetts Street to City Hall on the north end. But it is a fitting picture nonetheless for a proposed property tax rate increase that Douglas County commissioners are ...
Next year, Douglas County will begin paying more of the costs associated with operating Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical. The County Commission on Wednesday approved a new agreement with the City of Lawrence that revises how to jointly fund and provide emergency medical services, with the ...
Douglas County may soon increase its share of spending toward emergency medical services. The County Commission on Wednesday will consider approving an agreement with the City of Lawrence that revises how to jointly fund and provide emergency medical services, with the county increasing its ...
Douglas County leaders have approved repurposing $100,000 in behavioral health funding toward a residency rotation program that will soon bring four psychiatric resident physicians to the community mental health center. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission voted ...
County leaders will soon consider repurposing $100,000 in behavioral health funding toward a residency rotation program that will bring four psychiatric resident physicians to the community mental health center. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission will consider ...