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Passengers at Kansas City International Airport hardly realize what happens behind the scenes to make them feel comfortable catching a flight.
“I definitely want to keep feeling comfortable,” said John Ford, a KCI passenger.
The artwork of a high school junior from Leawood, Kansas, will soon grace the hall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
On Saturday, US Rep. Sharice Davids (D) announced Siena Masilionis as winner of her annual art competition.
Masilionis is a junior at Blue Valley North High School.
More than a dozen House Democrats are pressing President Biden to tap his executive powers to secure the border, arguing that Congress’s partisan stalemate on the issue leaves him no choice but to act unilaterally.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency set aside $28.6 million from the bipartisan federal infrastructure law to replace a portion of the estimated 160,000 lead water lines in Kansas capable of causing severe illness, especially among young children.
Representative Sharice Davids has called on the U.S. Department of the Interior to consider extending a water conservation program to include Kansas’ High Plains Aquifer (HPA), a vital resource for the state’s farmers. The HPA’s water levels are falling, prompting a need for sustainable solutions. Davids, a member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, supports the Inflation Reduction Act, which established this conservation program.
Most of Kansas is in a drought.
It ranges, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center, from areas that are abnormally dry, such as Wyandotte County, to areas that are in severe drought, like Salina.
Representative Sharice Davids’ office has been chosen to host a Green & Gold Congressional Aide for a two-year tenure at her district office in Overland Park. This opportunity is available to veterans, Gold Star families, and spouses of active-duty personnel. The selected individual will serve as a connection for the constituents of Kansas’ Third District with federal, state, and local agencies.
The Environmental Protection Agency issued an emergency waiver to allow E15 gasoline to be sold during summer. It said the war in Ukraine and conflict in the Middle East are leading to less supply and higher prices.
E15 gas is blended with 15% ethanol and is about $0.25 a gallon cheaper than E10, according to the EPA.
Continued delays with mail delivery in Johnson County have residents and elected officials alike frustrated — but with no clear solutions in sight.
Throughout the Kansas City region, people have been leveling complaints about mail taking days or even weeks to get to them.
A program 23 million Americans have used over the last few years is set to “wind down,” according to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
The Affordable Connectivity Program, or ACP, helps low-income families and individuals pay for access to the internet.