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Lawrence city commissioners have approved a request to rezone property near KU’s campus for developers to build the densest housing allowed in the city.
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Upcoming local celebrations of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah will welcome all ages of the public.
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Classrooms for 3- and 4-year-olds will open at two Lawrence neighborhood schools in fall 2026, increasing preschool availability in the district to six buildings.
The Lawrence school district reported that it gained more new students than it lost in 2024-25 from other countries, private schools and other public schools in Kansas, but it lost more students than it gained to public schools outside of Kansas and homeschooling.
Private prison company CoreCivic has applied for a permit to hold immigration detainees at its dormant Leavenworth facility, the city said on Monday.
City commissioners on Tuesday will consider plans for a 200-unit apartment complex in west Lawrence’s Alvamar neighborhood that another city board already voted against.
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City staff members are recommending portions of Ninth Street stay closed for construction through the summer without opening for the World Cup. City commissioners on Tuesday will consider an extra $4.8M expense related to the project.
Kansas legislators’ messaging has teetered between confident and uncertain as they approach a possible attempt at drawing new Congressional lines in January.
There’s a certain beauty to the patterns and colors of prairie grasses this time of year. Look carefully and you’ll see red, yellow and orange seeds and green rosettes of next year’s growth.
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Lawrence advocates have drafted an ordinance that aims to create safeguards for the police department’s new system that asks locals to register their security cameras on a list or integrate them for realtime access by police.
