Douglas County leaders will consider repealing and replacing an entire chapter of county construction codes this week. If approved by the Douglas County Commission at its Wednesday meeting, construction codes for the unincorporated areas of the county would be updated to align with the 2018 ...
Updated at 4:50 p.m. Monday Douglas County Commissioner Shannon Portillo is set to leave Douglas County for a position at Arizona State University. Portillo informed the Journal-World on Monday that she has accepted a position as the university’s director of the School of Public Affairs, ...
Douglas County leaders authorized extending an industrial development incentive program for another three years at Wednesday's County Commission meeting. With Commissioner Shannon Reid absent, fellow commissioners Shannon Portillo and Patrick Kelly voted to extend the Catalyst Incentive ...
Local planners are looking for input from residents as they work to update the area’s long-range transportation plan, which will address all modes of transportation in the Lawrence area. Transportation 2050 will be “a blueprint for the future transportation system” of Lawrence, Eudora, ...
Douglas County leaders are set to consider extending an industrial development incentive program for another three years. The Douglas County Commission at its Wednesday meeting will consider authorizing an extension for the Catalyst Incentive Program, which would last until April 1, 2025. The ...
The Douglas County District Attorney’s Office has hired a new prosecutor who will not prosecute. Jim Carpenter, of Lawrence, joined the DA's office in March as a senior assistant district attorney. Carpenter has spent most of his career working with families and people with mental health ...