The Lawrence City Commission’s budget hearings are coming up Tuesday. City staff members asked residents to help inform the budget process. Did they listen to what people said?
The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday will hold its annual public hearings on the proposed budget. They’ll also consider asking voters to approve a sales tax increase. Here are the quick points to know.
The city’s YouTube broadcast of the Lawrence City Commission meeting failed Tuesday evening because of a computer problem. Here’s how you can access the meeting if the issue ever repeats.
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Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday agreed to appointments of numerous community members to the city’s advisory boards, but not the former deputy Douglas County district attorney.
Here’s the general public comment for the Lawrence City Commission’s Tuesday meeting, as public comment is no longer being broadcast.
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday voiced concerns about some testing that had not yet been completed for the existing Outdoor Aquatic Center but voted to move forward with a pool concept that is within the city’s budgeted amount.
The City of Lawrence is facing a roughly $6 million deficit for 2024, and city staff members are looking at cuts to several departments to lessen that amount.
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The process to appoint community members to City of Lawrence advisory boards has left some board applicants and members of the public feeling as though they’re in the dark.
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Joshua Seiden, former deputy Douglas County district attorney, says he knew his application to Lawrence’s Community Police Review Board would likely stir up some controversy.
The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday will consider approving one of three concepts — each with its own price tag, and two of them well above budget — for a renovation of the Outdoor Aquatic Center.
