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More federal funding has been secured to help lift downtown Merriam out of a floodplain.
Monday, Kansas 3rd Congressional District Rep. Sharice Davids announced $23.9 million will be allocated to the Upper Turkey Creek Flood Mitigation project.
Kansans who have been victims of pandemic relief-related fraud, including some Johnson Countians, may soon have a longer window in which to potentially seek justice.
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has called on the U.S. Senate to pass a bill proposed by Senator Jerry Moran to better care for veterans exposed to deadly toxins during their military service.
The Kansas delegation in the U.S. House voted for bipartisan bills extending the statute of limitations to 10 years for prosecution of fraud in a pair of COVID-19 relief programs providing business loans.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are stepping up efforts to redeem billions in fraudulent small business loans.
The Small Business Administration says tens of thousands of fraudulent loans were taken out over the course of the pandemic. Kansas Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids said there were several victims in her district alone.
Sharice Davids, Democrat and Kansas' Third District Representative for the U.S. House, visited southwest Johnson County Tuesday, May 24 to discuss recent federal and local investment in Johnson County infrastructure and shipping opportunities.
She toured Logistics Park and took a brief ride on the short-line railroad at NewCentury AirCenter.
More than a dozen newly graduated Johnson County high schoolers are headed into the first steps of military service.
Making it official: In a celebratory sendoff event hosted by U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids Wednesday, 15 local students received certificates for their appointments to a U.S. service academy or academy prep program, including 6 from the Shawnee Mission area.
Kansas elected public officials expressed dismay Wednesday at the murder of 19 children and two teachers by a lone gunman in a classroom at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
For Sharice Davids, infrastructure and shipping opportunities in Johnson County are part of a multilayered effort to strengthen domestic supply chains. She underscored those and recent federal and local investment in these efforts in an appearance in Olathe Tuesday morning.
House Democrats are pushing the Internal Revenue Service to increase a tax break that would help truckers, Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. drivers and other transportation-related businesses cut their tax bills as they struggle with soaring gasoline prices.