Town Talk with Chad Lawhorn for December 8, 2022

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [An update on $4B Panasonic battery plant, including starting wages and talk of an expansion of Kansas Highway 10]( Many starting wages at the new $4 billion Panasonic battery plant in nearby De Soto will be in the $20 to $25 an hour range, a Lawrence consultant working with the company said. That’s good information for potential job seekers to have, but ... [An update on $4B Panasonic battery plant, including starting wages and talk of an expansion of Kansas Highway 10]( By: Chad Lawhorn Many starting wages at the new $4 billion Panasonic battery plant in nearby De Soto will be in the $20 to $25 an hour range, a Lawrence consultant working with the company said. That’s good information for potential job seekers to have, but ... December 7, 2022 @ 5:03pm [Bert Nash still isn't considering downtown for new housing project for the homeless; city memo suggesting otherwise was in error]( By: Chad Lawhorn For a few hours on Tuesday, it looked like a plan by Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center to build supportive housing for the homeless atop a downtown grocery store had reemerged. And it looked like the idea was as controversial as ever ... December 6, 2022 @ 1:51pm [Despite rising interest rates, Lawrence home sales were up in October; prices were too]( By: Chad Lawhorn Here’s the latest sign you are becoming old: You start telling young homeowners worried about rising interest rates how high your mortgage rate was on your first home. (Mine was 8.75%, and the home had a driveway that was uphill — both ... December 5, 2022 @ 3:03pm [Plans filed for large new retail center near Sixth Street and George Williams Way in west Lawrence]( By: Chad Lawhorn Plans have been filed at City Hall that would allow for more than 180,000 square feet of new retail space that could accommodate more than a dozen large and small retailers in far west Lawrence. A Lawrence-based development company is seeking ... December 2, 2022 @ 2:12pm [Habitat for Humanity ReStore opens in new location along south Iowa Street, expands inventory of furniture, other large items]( By: Chad Lawhorn It almost is a truism in a college town: When you get a place with more space, get more couches. (The two hardest parts about moving my college-age son were the number of couches, and getting people off of them.) The situation is not quite the ... November 29, 2022 @ 3:37pm [Just how high was inflation this fall? Lawrence sales tax collections were up 30% from a year ago; state posted similar numbers]( By: Chad Lawhorn As the calendar turned to fall, inflation was soaring in Lawrence and across the state, the latest Kansas sales tax figures suggest. But they also suggest something else: Consumers never blinked. The latest numbers from the state show sales ... November 28, 2022 @ 4:19pm You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the Lawrence Journal-World or because at some point in the past you shared your email address with us. If you no longer want to receive emails from us, follow instructions at the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044