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Congress approved legislation on Friday aimed to combat climate change, reduce the cost of prescription drugs and raise taxes on corporations, as Democrats completed the last legislative step in an arduous push to deliver on several pieces of President Joe Biden's policy agenda.
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and Representative Sharice Davids visited Children's Mercy Park Thursday as part of Kelly's "Prosperity on the Plains" tour.
In June, FIFA announced that Kansas City, Missouri, will be one of the host cities for the 2026 World Cup.
Learn more in the World Cup to KC section on KCTV5.com
The locations of lead service lines seem like the sort of thing someone would know, Congresswoman Sharice Davids said Thursday.
But as cities and counties across the U.S. grew, water utilities didn't keep track of them all.
The Bi-State Reinvestment Corridor, a project looking to make sustainability and infrastructure improvements on both sides of the state line, has gained $5.6 million in grant funding, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II announced Wednesday.
President Biden signed into law today a $280-million spending package for American semiconductor manufacturing.
The investment is designed to make the nation more competitive with China.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids believes the law may help create new jobs in the Kansas City region.
The National Science Foundation awarded $1,487,766 to Johnson County Community College's STEM Scholars Program.
Sharice Davids, Kansas 3rd District State Representative, announced Thursday, July 21 the program will help assist high achieving, low income students with financial need pursuing degrees in STEM.
Monday and Tuesday this week, the Olathe Public Schools Foundation and groups of volunteers are preparing for school supplies drive distribution by stuffing more than 2,000 backpacks with supplies needed to head back to school.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, travelers trying to get passports have had significant issues.
But now, the government is working on getting them done faster.
In Overland Park, Kansas, Stacy Drake applied for her passport in early March so she could go on a company trip booked to Switzerland in July.
Kansas officials and congressional leaders celebrated the unveiling Wednesday of a statue of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart in the U.S. Capitol.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids acted as host to U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt in Kansas' 3rd District to highlight lowering costs for processing, packaging and consumer purchasing of locally sourced meats.