Lawrence Mayor Courtney Shipley opposes the current Republican-led congressional redistricting map, which would place the city into the 1st congressional district, which includes western Kansas.

Jacqueline Dilley, a 65-year-old Lawrence resident, called the map “crap.” “Western Kansas and Lawrence have nothing in common,” said Dilley, who has lived in Lawrence for 48 years.

Kansas City, Kan. — To Shannon Portillo, a set of GOP-authored congressional maps earlier this year makes her Douglas County Commission district a loser all the way around. On one hand, the part ...

Lawrence's complete inclusion in the 2nd District is not gospel — between 2002 and 2012, the eastern chunk of the city was in the 3rd Congressional District, which includes the Kansas City-metro ...

• Consider authorizing the city manager to finalize two grants with the Kansas Department of Transportation to rehabilitate Taxiway C of the Lawrence Regional Airport. The city received a design ...

From its abolitionist roots to its reputation as a progressive college town, Lawrence is a destination for dining, nature, shopping, history and sports, just a 45 minutes drive from Kansas City.

The plan unites all of Lawrence in the 2nd District; the city had been split between the 2nd and the 3rd districts. The 3rd District is centered on the Kansas City area.