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Lawrence City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., is pictured Thursday, July 7, 2016. For those struggling to afford housing or already experiencing homelessness, being approved for housing assistance can seem like a solution is finally at hand. The reality is that even with that money guaranteed, it can be months before recipients of housing assistance are able to find a landlord or property management company willing to rent to them. Dana Ortiz, executive director of the housing support program Lawrence Family Promise and member of the city’s Affordable Housing Advisory Board, said that a family who ...

The City of Lawrence has agreed to pay nearly $1 million in back overtime to dozens of firefighter captains, police sergeants and other city employees. Follow

photo by: Mike Yoder Lawrence police officers and trainees participate in a ceremony for the opening of the department's new headquarters at 5100 Overland Drive, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. As part of a community input meeting Thursday evening, consultants conducting the study of the Lawrence Police Department wanted to know what residents would change about how the department operates. The meeting was run in part by Richard Word, of Citygate Associates, who asked participants to provide comments on four topics: their experiences with the Lawrence police; services they believe the police should ...

City leaders will soon decide whether to repeal residency rules that require many of the city’s top officials to live in Lawrence, potentially maintaining the

Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St., is pictured Aug. 20, 2015. Lawrence resident Ben Turner’s most recent meal consisted of beans and cornbread, and his two kids have been relying mostly on the cafeteria food and small cartons of milk the school district has been handing out to families during the coronavirus pandemic. Like others, Turner has been waiting on extended unemployment benefits from the Kansas Department of Labor, which were funded by the federal coronavirus stimulus package approved by Congress at the end of December. He hopes the money will hit his account soon, but it’...