A funny thing happened on the way to sticking it to the billionaires. Voters in the largest liberal state in America decided not to stick ‘em. With all the election results to peruse, it would be easy to overlook one from California. Voters there by a 53% to 47% margin rejected a proposed ...
A soccer mom napping in her pickup when it suddenly accelerated onto the field at a Kansas youth tournament where her child was playing, killing two people, won't face criminal charges, a prosecutor said. Investigators believe the 34-year-old woman had failed to put the Chevrolet 1500 in park ...
Health leaders will be asking the Lawrence City Commission to put a yearlong pause on new licenses for tobacco retailers at its meeting next week. On Tuesday, the City Commission is scheduled to vote on an ordinance that would establish a 12-month moratorium on the issuance of new tobacco ...
Plans for an Aldi grocery store at Sixth Street and George Williams Way seem to be moving forward again, and the project has several key votes coming up next week — including on a tax district that would let the developer recoup more than a million dollars of its cost. On Monday, the ...
A downtown Lawrence street is expected to be closed for most of the day on Friday as city crews work to repair a water main break. The portion of Seventh Street between Massachusetts and New Hampshire streets is closed to traffic while crews tear up the street to get to the water main beneath ...
When deciding which projects should get the city’s affordable housing funds in 2027, Mark Buhler has a simple philosophy: “I want the most winners I can get.” And he told his fellow Affordable Housing Advisory Board members on Thursday that he had a few winners in mind. “I want Ninth ...
