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Hillary Jones, a single mom and disabled veteran, felt frustrated and powerless when water leaks sprang up at her former Lawrence home. She blames mold for aggravating her kids’ asthma and wants accountability within a system she views as once helping her family but ultimately failing it.
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Water leaks can wreak havoc on one’s home and finances. Here’s how to handle a sudden increase in water charges and where to go for help in Lawrence.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
The city released wastewater into the Kansas River Wednesday morning after heavy rain led to a pump failure in a wastewater pump station near Bowersock Dam.
Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
A judge on Tuesday denied a request from a group of Lawrence landlords to halt a city ordinance that bans landlords from denying someone housing based on their source of income or immigration status.
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The city’s Community-Police Oversight Work Group is set to start meeting Monday, following months of delays.
Chansi Long/Lawrence Times
Sandy Burkett is eager to participate in an upcoming camp cleanup, one of several planned collaborations between housed and unhoused community members and neighborhood groups throughout Lawrence.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
All the people who knew how to care for the remnant prairie behind Prairie Park Nature Center have retired or resigned in the past few years, city staff members said Monday, and there was no firm plan in place to share that knowledge with newer staff.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
City staff members are enforcing a “no visitors” policy aimed at improving safety at the North Lawrence campsite for people experiencing homelessness, but some camp residents and grassroots advocates are concerned that it’s causing further isolation.
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Millions of irreplaceable wildflowers that have grown for thousands of years in the remnant prairie behind Prairie Park Nature Center will be dead within days.
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Children are now allowed to stay with their parents at the city-run campsite for people experiencing homelessness in North Lawrence, according to a new policy.
