When Lawrence city commissioners conduct the city’s 2025 budget hearing on Tuesday, most casual observers likely will have a single question: What’s it going to do to my taxes? Observers who are slightly more engaged might also have a question about the future of the city’s fire and ...
Even a small drop in mortgage interest rates helped fuel an increase in Lawrence home sales in July, according to the latest report from the Lawrence Board of Realtors. That may be a sign that the local home market may have a strong second half of the year, as mortgage rates have fallen even ...
The great thing about property taxes is they give you options to complain. One day you can complain that you are paying too much of them. Another day, you can complain someone else is paying too little of them. The complaint of too much happens when you get your tax bill. Even if your ...
Reading a government’s financial audit can be a bit like reading Tolstoy: It is thick, dense and sometimes leaves you wanting vodka. But, it also can provide a good look at the big picture. The City of Lawrence’s financial audit for 2023 is complete, and city commissioners will get a ...
About once a decade, I seem to write about an idea to create a locally based venture capital fund. Usually, some promising young company has just left the community to grow somewhere else. The question turns to: Why wouldn’t they stay in Lawrence? The answer often is money. They need money ...
News and notes from around town: — It almost wouldn’t be fair to the wallets of Lawrence parents to put an ice cream shop virtually within sight distance of four schools. But that indeed may be one plan for a developing commercial center in west Lawrence. Construction work is well ...