KDHE data through Saturday show case rates have been falling across the state for the past eight weeks while positive test rates have remained mostly steady. School-aged children — especially those too young to get vaccinated — have the highest case rates and positive test rates of any age group. Kansas and all of its counties have either "high" or "substantial" community spread, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The improving indicators now contrast with last year's fall wave, when Kansas was in the midst of its worst surge of the coronavirus pandemic. Many schools were forced to [...]

Residents heard more details Monday about a proposed redesign of the city’s bus routes that includes an Uber-like “microtransit” option. Lawrence Transit has proposed two options for a long-awaited redesign of the city’s bus routes and held the first public meeting Monday to present the proposals and get input from residents. Transportation consultants explained that both proposals use traditional routes complemented by a microtransit service that uses a van or a smaller bus that riders can request on demand. Source: LJWorld.com.

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Lawrence city leaders will soon consider suspending certain building and fire codes to enable the city to use two recreation centers to provide overnight shelter during the winter for up to 150 people experiencing homelessness. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider a resolution to temporarily suspend enforcement of certain provisions of the city’s land development code, international building code and international fire code from Nov. 3 to March 31 to allow the recreation centers to be used as emergency overnight shelters during that time period. Source: LJWorld.com.