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U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas endorsed bipartisan government transparency legislation Tuesday that would reduce opportunities for insider trading by members of Congress by requiring certain assets to be placed in a blind trust.
Federal funding could help jumpstart a project to upgrade flood containment systems along Turkey Creek.
Part of a federal $1.5 trillion spending bill will include a $500 thousand earmark for a design project to determine possible solutions for ongoing flooding issues along the creek. Congresswoman Sharice Davids spearheaded the effort to include the funding measure in the bill.
Eventually, improvements to the waterway could remove the floodplain designation for downtown Merriam, which could spur development through the neighborhood.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids announced the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a total of $4,113,744 to two Head Start programs in Kansas' 3rd District.
These Head Start programs work daily to emphasize children's cognitive, social, emotional and physical development. Children who participate in Head Start programs receive benefits that appear immediately and last a lifetime, according to a spokesman.
HHS Head Start grant recipients include:
• Kansas City, Kansas, Public School's (KCKPS) Successful Beginnings Head Start: $2,447,671
Reps. Sharice Davids and Emanuel Cleaver II are among 32 members of Congress who signed a letter to U.S. House and Senate leadership requesting "immediate investigations" and "public hearings on alleged price gouging within the oil and gas industry."
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.
Out of hundreds of bipartisan submissions, eight Davids-requested projects were passed into law Thursday night as part of the broader government funding bill.
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.
The money will go to several local projects covering everything from new levees to cancer imaging technology.
The breakdown is as follows:
Kansas members of Congress say they've introduced resolutions in Washington, D.C. to honor Olathe East's school resource officer and assistant principal.
The pair are set to be honored just seven days after both School Resource Officer Erik Clark and Assistant Principal Kaleb were injured in a shooting involving an armed student.
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.
"There's a social aspect to a post office," Moran said. "And that's not the primary function of the Postal Service but it is an important asset to the community that they recognize as mattering to them and their future."