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TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran and U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids forwarded a joint letter to United States Postal Service administrators requesting an explanation for slow delivery of mail in Kansas.

Davids, a Democrat serving the 3rd District in the Kansas City area, and Moran, a Republican, asked for an update from postmaster general Louis DeJoy regarding implementation of a law last year to improve the national mail system's financial stability and consumer reliability.

Jeff Gorski first started noticing issues with his local post office after he ordered a part from Florida to fix his broken oven.

It stayed at the post office for days. One day it wasn't delivered to his home in Prairie Village because the carrier reported he had animals. Gorski doesn't own an animal. The next day it wasn't delivered because the carrier said the front entrance to his house was blocked. Gorski said it wasn't. He eventually picked it up from the post office himself.

Third District U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids visited DeSoto last week, shadowing construction workers on Kansas Highway 10 to bring attention to the federal bipartisan infrastructure law.

The infrastructure law has already supported 63 highway modernization and improvement projects in the 3rd District, Davids said, including the installation of new decking on the K-10 bridge spanning Lexington Avenue in DeSoto.

County and federal leaders highlighted a program they hope will make streets safer in Wyandotte county.

"Right now we are looking at a 16 year high in road way deaths and that's across the country and Kansas is no exception," Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kan.) said.

Representative calls the increase alarming. On Monday, it was an intersection at 10th and Central Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas where a woman died crossing the street when the driver of a car hit her.

Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids is working to invest more money into infrastructure across the state of Kansas.

In June of 2022, Davids released a report taking a look at transportation safety in the Kansas' 3rd District.

The report stated that "The Third District experienced record high injuries and deaths from unrestrained passengers in 2020 and was the site of 21% of Kansas' overall pedestrian deaths that year."

Representative Sharice Davids was in De Soto earlier today working on a construction shift on the K-10 Project as a part of "Sharice's Shift," a series to bring attention to the bipartisan infrastructure law on the local level.

As part of her work with Clarkson Construction Company, Davids assisted with "potholing for utilities, a non-destructive digging process that uses vacuum excavation to dig precision holes to expose utility lines," per a media release.

Congress is gearing up for another Farm Bill this year.

It's a piece of legislation voted on every five years and is often known as one of the biggest safety nets for farmers.

Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kan.) has been on a listening tour the past couple of weeks, hearing from local ranchers, farms, and businesses about their priorities when it comes to the bill.

She visited Pat and Rachel's Gardens in Olathe Tuesday afternoon and learned about how owner, James Leek, grows his organic produce and some of the issues other farmers are facing.

A financial burden is lifted. Some Medicare recipients are now paying less for insulin thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, which passed last year.

The cost is saving people hundreds of dollars, including Julie Cogley from Overland Park.

"It's a life-changer for me," she said.

Cogley is one of nearly 38,000,000 Americans with diabetes. She was diagnosed three years ago and the possibility of spending $700 on insulin weighed on her.

Fortunately, her doctors provided her with free samples to get by.