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Reminder: Lawrence Transit On Demand to start charging per ride
Reminder: Lawrence Transit will start charging $3 for each one-way on demand ride starting Sunday, and the city will only accept credit card payments.
Lawrence advisory board wants to commit city to a climate plan with ‘more teeth’
The Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board will ask the Lawrence City Commission to revise a renewable energy ordinance that city staff members want to instead repeal and replace with a climate neutrality resolution.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Douglas County property owners to see value increases of 1-8%
The Douglas County appraiser’s office will soon mail out change of value notices, and owners of most residential and commercial properties will see valuation increases of 1% to 8%.
Planning commissioners recommend annexing 63 acres in northwestern Lawrence
Planning commissioners on Wednesday voted to recommend annexing property west of Lawrence Nature Park into city limits for a potential housing development.
Reminder: Lawrence Transit On Demand to start charging per ride
Reminder: Lawrence Transit will start charging $3 for each one-way on demand ride starting Sunday, and the city will only accept credit card payments.
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Douglas County leader addresses questions surrounding management of Treatment & Recovery Center; commissioners call for community collaboration
Missed details and deadlines surrounding the management of the Treatment and Recovery Center of Douglas County led the county administrator to consider bringing in an out-of-state for-profit management company to assist local nonprofit behavioral health leaders, she said.
Douglas County Commission approves funding increase for mobile crisis response team
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday agreed to increase funding in support of the mobile team that responds to people in behavioral health crises.
Public comment from the Oct. 19, 2022 Douglas County Commission meeting
Here’s an audio recording of general public comment from the Douglas County Commission’s Wednesday meeting, taken via the Zoom virtual meeting.
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Lawrence advisory board wants to commit city to a climate plan with ‘more teeth’
The Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board will ask the Lawrence City Commission to revise a renewable energy ordinance that city staff members want to instead repeal and replace with a climate neutrality resolution.
Lawrence City Commission general public comment for Feb. 17, 2026
Here’s the general public comment for the Lawrence City Commission’s Tuesday meeting, as public comment is no longer being broadcast.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence city commissioners won’t restore free senior swim days as they await more data
Lawrence city commissioners considered reinstating free senior swim on Wednesdays at the Indoor Aquatic Center, but they chose to hold off until they have more data about rec center usage following fee implementation.
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Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
Report suggests solutions to help single mothers in Douglas County
Single mothers in Douglas County regularly endure overlapping struggles to find housing, food and health care, according to a report produced by the county, KU and a handful of other local agencies.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Applications open in Douglas County for cultural, natural heritage and historic preservation grants
People in Douglas County can apply to receive grant funding for projects focused on cultural and natural heritage as well as historic preservation.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
‘We’re regressing’: Douglas County commissioners again bump tenant right to counsel program to back burner
Although Douglas County has expressed commitment to tenant right to counsel and has engaged in implementation discussions for months, a majority of county commissioners Wednesday opted instead to have county staff do more research on mediation.
