OK, old-timer, maybe you did have a route to school that was uphill both ways. But I know there is one challenge you didn’t have: Today’s housing market. Thank your lucky stars. A new report shows that an average income-earning household in Lawrence that is looking to buy an ...

Let’s take a spin around town with some news and notes. — If you spin enough, you are going to need some new tires (and they’re helpful in dodging Lawrence’s army of orange construction cones too.) Well, there’s news that a longtime tire dealer in town is expanding. Plans have ...

There are dinosaurs in Derby. There is soccer in Kansas City. There is modern art in Manhattan. All those entertainment and tourism projects, plus more than 20 others spread throughout Kansas, are receiving millions in state tax dollars via one of the most unique economic development programs ...

Whether it was an impact from tariffs or a tournament, retail sales in Lawrence took a tumble in March, according to the latest report from the state. The state’s April sales tax report — which primarily measures sales that occurred in March — shows taxable sales in Lawrence dropped by ...

The Lawrence Home Builders Association’s Spring Parade of Homes is set to begin its first of two weekends. If you aren’t in the market to buy a home but want to go anyway, feel free to think of it as a live performance of HGTV. Turn off the TV and take in the Broadway version, so to ...

If you have hidden a dozen Easter eggs in your yard this season, you’ve probably increased your home’s value by about 20%. Such are the times. Fortunately — for those looking to buy a home, anyway — that’s not the data in the Lawrence market. Home sales in March were up compared to ...