As the county’s Food System Plan approaches its 10-year anniversary, Douglas County leaders are rethinking priorities around food access, land health and equity. Much of the county’s food systems work is guided by the 2017 Douglas County Food System Plan, which centers on supporting ...
Douglas County ended 2025 with a $6.7 million budget surplus after revenues exceeded projections and spending came in below estimates. About $1.9 million of the surplus came from revenues exceeding estimates and the remaining roughly $4.9 million resulted from expenditures coming in below ...
Hamm Companies, which for decades has run the landfill that serves Lawrence, plans to sell that landfill to a large nationwide waste disposal company, and the City of Lawrence is being asked to consent to the sale. In a letter Hamm sent to the city and county, dated Dec. 10, Hamm said it would ...
Douglas County commissioners reviewed a proposed elementary and middle school truancy initiative set to launch as early as the 2026-2027 school year. On Wednesday, county commissioners heard from the Douglas County Criminal Justice Services department during a work session to review ...
Douglas County is reviewing its zoning and land use regulations to see what’s working, what’s not, and how they can be improved. On Wednesday, county commissioners will receive a presentation on how the county is partnering with the City of Lawrence and a consulting firm to complete the ...
Lawrence has already fallen short of its 2025 goal for fully powering municipal operations with renewable energy, and city staff say this, along with other targets, is unrealistic and lacks a clear path on how to achieve them. Now, staff want to recommend repealing an ordinance passed in 2020 ...