Douglas County staff have proposed a $201.5 million budget for 2027 that keeps the property tax rate flat, with budget hearings beginning next week. The proposed property tax rate, also known as the mill levy, is 40.669 mills. One mill equals $1 per $1,000 of assessed property value. That rate ...
When Kristine Polian heard that Lawrence had been chosen by CNN as one of America’s 10 best towns to visit, she couldn’t hide her excitement. “This makes me so stinking happy, man!” the city commissioner said on Wednesday morning in downtown Lawrence, a few hours after the CNN article ...
Donations from Lawrence residents to local hardware stores helped raise money to buy over 100 box fans to help families in need stay cool during the summer heat. The Westlake Ace Hardware stores and The Salvation Army of Douglas County announced Tuesday the annual “Fan Drive” fundraiser ...
A local education leader is raising concerns that Douglas County's proposed truancy program would replace direct services for families with a case management approach as commissioners revisit the proposal Wednesday. “To me, this sounds like going backwards,” Lawrence school board member ...
Leaders of a rural fire district are proposing a 2027 budget that would maintain service levels, however, they want Douglas County commissioners to consider up to $1.29 million in additional funding — and a property tax increase — to hire additional staff to meet service demands.F The ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices ...