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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded the University of Kansas Medical Center with more than $1,350,000 to help with three research projects.
With the money, Representative Sharice Davids said the three projects being awarded will work to decrease lung disease deaths, investigate the causes of oral birth defects and uncover solutions to limit the transmission of Lyme disease.
Abandoned oil and gas wells were the focus of U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland’s visit to Olathe Monday, with Haaland, Kansas 3rd District representative Sharice Davids and Kansas Corporation Commission officials highlighting $50 million in federal funding to plug the wells.
Oil and gas wells that are in some cases over a century old, abandoned and emitting methane, are targeted for being plugged up as part of a comprehensive federal investment in infrastructure that may eventually include 378 wells in Johnson and Miami counties.
U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids toured some of those wells this week in Johnson County, as part of an effort to call attention to President Joe Biden’s economic priorities.
When it was Rep. Mark Alford’s time to speak in the House Committee on Small Business this May, the freshman Missouri Republican said there was a problem when it came to helping veterans start businesses.
“While the Small Business Administration has programs helping veterans, they’re not always utilized,” Alford said. “And we need to find out why that is and how do we change them so they are utilized.”
The Johnson County Airport Commission hosted a ribbon-cutting Friday to celebrate the reopening of Taxiway Bravo, successfully completing the $5.7 million project.
The reopening of Bravo was the third phase of improvements to the airport — previous phases included new LED lighting, concrete and additional signage. The project also included the reopening of Taxiway Alpha in 2021.
SHAWNEE, Kan. — Improving the local economy may start from the ground up.
One elected official is among those who believe investing in kids and their families will deliver business-related dividends. Complaints that employees are hard to recruit and retain are common across the United States.
TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids grabbed a shovel and flipped a chunk of dirt with state and local officials to mark the start of a $61 million road project in support of the 4,000-job Panasonic Energy electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant.
DE SOTO, Kan. (KCTV) - A groundbreaking ceremony kicked off construction for road improvements near Panasonic’s $4 billion electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility in De Soto, Kansas.
The $61 million road construction project will include upgrades along 103rd Street between Evening Star Road and the Lexington Avenue/K-10 interchange, and a one-mile stretch of Astra Parkway south of 103rd Street.
The infrastructure improvements along the roadways near the plant are scheduled to be completed late next year.
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) was awarded nearly $15 million in federal funding, most of which will go toward bus storage improvements.
Nearly $10.4 million was awarded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and will be used to upgrade bus storage and electric-vehicle charging facilities. Upgrades will include heating and cooling improvements, fire system updates and roof repairs.
For one Olathe family, a bill in Congress could have made a $270,951 difference.
The Kjelshus family of Olathe recently welcomed their daughter Charlie to the world. The family planned to put Charlie on one parent’s insurance, but what's referred to as the "birthday rule" put her on the other. This became more significant due to the fact that Charlie required seven days in the neonatal intensive care unit, racking up $270,951 in charges.