1+ week, 5+ day ago   (966+ words) The commission held its public hearings as required by state law during Tuesday’s meeting, one on exceeding the revenue neutral tax rate and one on the city’s 2027 budget. Commissioners heard from several members of the public about the rising cost…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (839+ words) The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools over its policies for transgender students, escalating a monthslong standoff and threat to withhold federal funding if the school district did not comply. The lawsuit, which the department is…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (376+ words) The project is set to begin Tuesday, Sept. 1 and will increase the number of spaces in the lot from 20 to 36, according to the county’s latest newsletter. Work is expected to continue through the end of November. The closure comes amid…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (1029+ words) Commissioners have held several conversations about the budget over the past few months, but they have struggled to reach consensus and give city staff firm direction about many budget items. Alley Porter, budget, strategy and performance director for the city,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (571+ words) Following the search by Strategic Government Resources, four finalists — Majed Al-Ghafry, Joe Fivas, Michael Kovacs and Joseph (Joe) Lessard — visited Lawrence in late May. Lawrence city commissioners on June 9 announced Al-Ghafry as the next city manager. He started working at…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (339+ words) The property at 163 East 2000 Road, about 3 miles southeast of Baldwin City, is tied to the events of Bleeding Kansas. The site includes the historic Robert Hall Pearson farmhouse, nature trails, Captain’s Creek, restored prairie, picnic areas and sugar maple grove....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (525+ words) The KU Endowment Association is asking to annex about 137 acres across two parcels of land it owns near the Lawrence Regional Airport, 1593 North 1900 Road for “speculative economic opportunities.” The request is “driven by emerging interest from groups that value close…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (359+ words) The commission currently meets on the first three Tuesdays of each month, and it has since 2016 when the change to three monthly meetings from four was made under then-city manager Tom Markus. New City Manager Majed Al-Ghafry posed the idea…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (702+ words) The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission will not have the final say on the requests, but members will be asked to make recommendations to the Lawrence City Commission and Douglas County Commission. Just last week, Lawrence city commissioners approved requests to…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1184+ words) The land — 288 acres total — is west of Kansas Highway 10, south of Sixth Street (aka U.S. Highway 40) and mostly north of Bob Billings Parkway/North 1500 Road, though a small portion near the highway is south of it. The westernmost portion…...