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Reps. Sharice Davids and Emanuel Cleaver II are among 32 members of Congress who signed a letter to U.S.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids announced that more than $15.7 million is coming to projects in the 3rd District of Kansas, including a new cancer imaging machine for The University of Kansas Cancer Center, funding to protect Merriam homes and businesses from flooding with the Upper Turkey Creek project.
Newly secured federal funding could soon help pull downtown Merriam out of a floodplain.
The federal spending bill approved Thursday night includes more than $15.7 million that will be spent on projects in the Third District of Kansas, including $500,000 for the Upper Turkey Creek Flood Risk Management project.
Following the passage of a federal spending bill Thursday night, U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids has announced that $15.7 million of it will come to Kansas' third district.
"Out of hundreds of bipartisan submissions, eight Davids-requested projects were passed into law last night as part of the broader government funding bill," a release from her office said.
Kansas members of Congress say they've introduced resolutions in Washington, D.C. to honor Olathe East's school resource officer and assistant principal.
In the wake of the shooting at Olathe East High last Friday, Rep. Sharice Davids took a few minutes on Wednesday to voice her support for more measures that could prevent future school shootings, including "common sense gun safety" and more comprehensive permanent mental health services at K-12 schools.
When Sen. Jerry Moran travels through rural Kansas, he normally stops at the town post office.
He sees it as an anchor for a community, a place where people pass in and out over the course of the day.
A Kansas lawmaker calls for gun safety and increased mental health help in schools five days after a shooting inside an office at Olathe East High School sent three people to a hospital.
Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kan., made the plea during a speech on the House floor Wednesday morning.
Pat & Rachel's Gardens, an Olathe organic food packaging and distribution business, received almost $50,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Awards.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids visited Olathe-based bioscience firm Ronawk to highlight the value of local companies that are working to return manufacturing and competitive research innovation jobs to the U.S. The stop Wednesday was part of a push by some members of Congress to adopt the America COMPETES Act, which passed the U.S. House earlier this month, largely along party lines.