There are three seats up for grabs on the Lawrence City Commission this year, but the field of eight candidates will first have to be narrowed in the upcoming A
Former nonprofit board member and community volunteer Dustin Stumblingbear is running for election to the Lawrence City Commission. Stumblingbear, a veteran wh
A community engagement meeting to discuss a proposed city government restructure drew significantly more public interest than the last meeting, and most public commenters indicated they were in favor of making changes.
The City Government Study Task Force meets with members of city staff on April 29, 2021.
A task force of Lawrence residents that has been reconsidering the city’s form of government has come out in favor of having a directly elected mayor.
As part of its meeting Thursday evening, the City Government Study Task Force voted 7-0, with a few members absent, to recommend that the city consider changing to a directly elected mayor who serves a four-year term. Currently, the City Commission chooses one of its own members to serve a one-year term as mayor each year by tradition, commissioners choose based on whoever received the most votes in the most recent election, though there have been exceptions.