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TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids said weeks of discord and chaos over selection of a new speaker of the U.S. House demonstrated the necessity of taking a bipartisan approach to congressional business.

Overland Park, Kan. (KCTV) - The Jewish Community Center in Overland Park hosted the 11th Jewish Culture Fest on Sunday. The event highlights the best of Jewish culture, but also featured a special service on Sunday evening in light of the situation in Israel.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Three Kansas City-area Congress members have introduced legislation to make the Quindaro Townsite a national historic landmark.

The bicameral Indigenous Peoples’ Day Act to replace Columbus Day as a federal holiday and designate the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day has been reintroduced in Congress.

The Kansas City Women’s Business Center and others across the U.S. could soon see more money and support coming into the national female entrepreneurship network.

TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids’ agriculture tour in her eastern Kansas district included a Miami County no-till crop farm, a poultry and livestock operation in Anderson County, the Johnson County organic vegetable business, a Franklin County cooperative and a community educational farm in Wyandotte County.

PAOLA — The Miami County Historical Museum in Paola had some special guests Monday, Sept. 18, including a member of the Peruvian Embassy.

It’s all part of the museum’s effort to repatriate 38 pre-Columbian artifacts, including pottery and other figurines, that were donated to the museum several years ago by a private collector.

TOPEKA (KSNT) – A grant has been awarded to a Kansas legal aid organization to help expand pro bono legal services to low-income individuals.