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Parking, golf course among top concerns voiced in Lawrence City Commission’s discussion of new code
Lawrence community members voiced concerns about parking, floodplain development and the golf course in the Alvamar neighborhood Tuesday during city commissioners’ discussion of the draft revised land development code.
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Tenants to Homeowners to double its affordable housing offerings with west Lawrence development
Affordable price points, yet simple and durable construction. Those are the qualities envisioned for a 122-unit housing development on Lawrence’s west side, according to the executive director of Tenants to Homeowners.
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Lawrence City Commission wants more information before deciding on rate increases for water, solid waste
Lawrence city commissioners balked Tuesday at the idea of adopting three years of increases to residents’ water, sewer and solid waste rates without receiving more information first.
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Lawrence City Commission appoints 5 community members to new police oversight work group
The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday approved five community members who will serve on the new Community-Police Oversight Work Group.
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Lawrence City Commission to consider adding form of government to November 2022 ballots
The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday is set to decide whether to ask voters if they want to directly elect a mayor, and if they want to elect six commissioners by districts.
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Lawrence residents’ average monthly water and waste bills could hit $145 in 2025
Lawrence city officials are recommending a 26% increase to customer utility bills over the course of the next three years.
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Lawrence elected leaders face threats, polarization in a changing climate for public servants
When she first ran for election to the Lawrence school board more than a decade ago, Shannon Kimball wanted to help her community and her city’s public schools. Her most recent term has shown her a side of the job she hadn’t seen before.
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Lawrence City Commission takes next steps on plastic bag ban, methane gas at multimodal transfer hub
Lawrence city commissioners Tuesday night asked staff to review a proposed ordinance banning single-use plastic bags and decided to move ahead with plans for the multimodal transfer facility to use methane gas.
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Application now open for arts grants from the City of Lawrence
The City of Lawrence is one step closer to distributing $150K in grant funding to help the arts and culture sector recover from the pandemic — the application is now available online.
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Dozens of Lawrence community members ask City Commission to save Prairie Park Nature Center
Zoë Leos, who is in her second year working as a camp counselor at Prairie Park Nature Center, got emotional as she asked Lawrence City Commissioners not to take their budget problems out on the kids who come to camp.