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Action in Washington, D.C. could help address the fentanyl crisis here in the Kansas City metro. KMBC 9 looked at the steps being taken and how one local police chief says it would help his department save lives.
"You put it in your nasal and punch it. Very simple to use," said Kansas City, Kansas Police Chief Karl Oakman as he held a small cartridge wrapped in plastic.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids joined Xochitl Torres Small, U.S. Department of Agriculture under secretary for rural development, to announce USDA has awarded up to $45 million to Dairy Farmers of America.
Kansas will receive an additional $4.5 million to help modernize its outdated unemployment benefits system.
Rep. Mary Peltola's election to the U.S. House of Representativesmade history in several ways.
On September 13, tribal and Congressional leaders from across the country came together virtually to support the launch of "7 Weeks of Action for 7 Seven Generations," a national campaign led by the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS). For over a decade, NABS has worked to understand and address the ongoing trauma created by the U.S. Indian Board School Policy.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-3rd Dist., said allowing Medicare to negotiate for lower drug costs will help put money back in residents' pockets.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (WIBW) - U.S. Representative Sharice Davids highlighted women-owned businesses in Kansas during her tour of The Culinary Center of Kansas City.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-3rd Dist., has released a report on how Kansas residents can save on health care costs, due to a federal health care law that passed earlier this month.
Rep. Davids was joined by Molly Gotobed, a Kansas City, Kansas, resident, at Reach Healthcare Foundation to share information that would help residents take advantage of the new provisions.
OLATHE, Kan. (KCTV) - Representative Sharice Davids visited the Olathe Police and Fire Departments Wednesday in an effort to tour two public safety projects she sponsored for federal funding.
Davids spent time in the police department's Mobile Command Unit and the fire department's Mobile Integrated Health program.
LENEXA — Purple Heart recipient and former U.S. Army sniper Kyle Prellberg shook his head in amazement Tuesday when considering the struggle to enact federal law extending health care to veterans exposed to emissions from open-air burn pits and other pollutants while deployed overseas.