While electric vehicles, or EVs, have been steadily rising in popularity in Douglas County, the area's charging infrastructure has some growing to do, a new report from local planning officials suggests. The report is called the Douglas County EV Readiness Report. It was produced by the ...

The first question of the night for the North Lawrence corridor study task force was no softball: “Burger at Johnny’s, or enchiladas at La Tropicana?” “That’s really tough,” said one committee member when they saw the informal poll at the start of the meeting. “That IS tough,” ...

Lawrence City Commissioner Amber Sellers now has another leadership role with the National League of Cities — a seat on a special council that represents university towns. The City of Lawrence announced in a news release Tuesday that Sellers had been appointed to NLC's University Communities ...

The City of Lawrence's Historic Resources staff will be holding an open house this weekend for people to comment on the potential listing of Watson Park on the Lawrence Register of Historic Places. The open house will be from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31, in Room B of the Lawrence Public ...

Lawrence has already fallen short of its 2025 goal for fully powering municipal operations with renewable energy, and city staff say this, along with other targets, is unrealistic and lacks a clear path on how to achieve them. Now, staff want to recommend repealing an ordinance passed in 2020 ...

In the North Lawrence Comprehensive Corridor Study, big questions are taking shape about safety, identity and connections to the rest of the city, and the study's task force will soon think more about what to do next. At its meeting on Tuesday, the task force will hear about recent public ...