As a step toward its expansion plans, longtime Lawrence garage door manufacturer Amarr wants to own its current facility instead of leasing it, and the city could give it an assist next week with Industrial Revenue Bonds. Amarr is asking the city to issue up to $35 million of the bonds to help ...
The Lawrence school district and its union have reached tentative agreements for teachers and support staff that include significant pay increases and expanded workplace protections. The Lawrence Education Association's bargaining teams reached tentative agreements for both certified staff – ...
The heavy rains came in late April and covered the trails at Lawrence’s Rock Chalk Park sports complex with mud and debris. The city’s decision to temporarily close the trails for repairs, though, has uncovered something as well: The City of Lawrence for years has disregarded a signed ...
A settlement has been reached in the Riverfront building owners' lawsuit against the city of Lawrence and its contractors, one in which the defendants would pay a total of $2.5 million, the city would take control of the building and the SpringHill Suites hotel would stop operating ...
A man who brutally raped two University of Kansas students in 1981 has been denied parole again, after one of his victims and the Douglas County district attorney vehemently fought against his release. Jean Rhea, who was attacked in summer 1981 by Sherman L. Galloway while jogging on the KU ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's proposal to put a coat of white paint on the exterior of a 19th-century historic landmark building next to the White House could cost taxpayers at least $7.5 million, a White House official involved in the project said Thursday. Ryan Erb, the ...
