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3 days ago · by Maya Hodison. With years of housing insecurity and discrimination behind her, Christina Gentry is now chair of Lawrence’s Affordable Housing Advisory Board. In that role and other capacities, she strives to help folks who are now in the same space she was in not too long ago. Lawrence news November 9, 2024 – 11:30 am.
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Nov 5, 2024 · Lawrence parade, KU events to recognize Veterans Day. by Maya Hodison. Several Lawrence events, including an annual parade and a wreath-laying ceremony, are scheduled around Veterans Day this year to honor those who have served. Molly Adams/Lawrence Times. Lawrence news November 4, 2024 – 5:45 pm.
Lawrence Municipal Court, planning department moving out of …
12 hours ago · Lawrence’s Municipal Court and the Planning and Development Services department are moving out of Riverfront Plaza and into Lawrence City Hall. “That move is occurring due to the City’s departure from the riverfront building,” Cori Wallace, a spokesperson for the city, said via email Monday. The City of Lawrence owns the land where ...
Lawrence City Commission to consider new land development …
1 day ago · In recent weeks, more than 300 people have signed an online petition asking the city to halt the adoption of the code. They are concerned that the code will significantly alter the character of some of Lawrence’s oldest and most historic neighborhoods and include too many loopholes that profit-driven property investors could exploit.
Obituaries - The Lawrence Times
5 days ago · Retired Kansas Supreme Court Justice Fred Six dies at age 95. Retired Kansas Supreme Court Justice Fred Six, 95, of Lawrence, has died. He was honored by the Supreme Court’s chief justice as a “brilliant legal mind” who practiced principled decision-making and “fairness to all.”. November 3, 2023 – 8:01 pm.
Election results: Lawrence voters reject form of government …
Nov 6, 2024 · Question 1: Changing the city’s form of government. Read more about this. Short version: If voters had approved this change (more “yes” votes than “no”), the five-member city commission would have become a six-member city council with a directly elected, nonvoting mayor. Four of the council seats would have represented districts that have yet to be drawn; the other two and the mayor ...
What Lawrence’s ballot question on the city’s ‘form of government ...
Oct 9, 2024 · Typically, following an election — held in odd years — commissioners choose the person who received the most votes as the vice mayor, and the following year, the person who received the second most votes is chosen as the new …
Kansas GOP’s political muscle in general, primary elections …
6 days ago · Senate Republicans could welcome a 31-9 majority when the 2025 Legislature convenes. The Senate GOP’s edge was 29-11. In the House, the GOP majority could expand to 88-37 from 85-40.
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Lacking data, Lawrence school district committee postpones high school boundary public input sessions. Still awaiting data from a consultant, the school district’s Boundary Advisory Committee decided tonight that two community meetings about high school boundaries should be postponed, likely into the new year. November 6, 2024 – 6:46 pm.
Lawrence Life – The Lawrence Times
Lawrence social worker gleans inspiration from the people and pets she helps stay together. The way Maddie Lockett sees it, the crux of social work involves helping, empowering and connecting people with community resources. Lockett has found that job at Lawrence Humane Society but with a bonus: also helping animals. October 24, 2024 – 12:49 pm.