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October 13, 2021

Local law enforcement agencies will get an infusion of cash from the Department of Justice to boost their departments.

U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) announced on Wednesday, Oct. 13, that $839,491 in Department of Justice grants will support Kansas law enforcement agencies. They said the grants will be divided through 10 communities in Kansas.


October 13, 2021

First lady Jill Biden traveled to Kansas City, Kan., on Tuesday to promote the Biden administration's aid to small businesses during the pandemic while listening to the concerns of the Latino community.


October 11, 2021

Hundreds of bridges in Kansas' Third Congressional District are in need of repair, according to a new report from Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids' office.

That includes at least 10 bridges in Johnson County that are classified as "structurally deficient" and in urgent need of repairs, according to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association.

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October 7, 2021

Today, U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-3rd Dist., released a new report examining the status and safety of bridges in the 3rd District of Kansas, the first installment in her office's "State of our Systems" series.


October 7, 2021

Johnson County Mental Health Center has received more than $900,000 in federal grant funding to support the organization's efforts to serve incarcerated people as they prepare to reenter society.

In total, the community health center received $927,512 for the Reentry Project, which is intended to offer quality mental health care for inmates leaving detention.


October 7, 2021

Rep. Sharice Davids stood at the edge of a closed bridge in Kansas City, Kansas Thursday to announce the first of several reports planned to detail unmet infrastructure needs in Kansas' 3rd Congressional District.

It's part of a broader campaign by Davids and other Democrats to promote the bipartisan infrastructure deal currently stalled in the House.


October 1, 2021

Elected officials in Fairway aren't the only ones working on uncovering truths about the Shawnee Indian Mission.


October 1, 2021

What has been called the "most significant wildlife conservation bill" in almost half a century has the support of Kansas's two U.S. Senators and only Congresswoman.


September 30, 2021

A bipartisan elections bill is the rarest of creatures, one many Americans have never seen in the wild.


September 29, 2021

For nearly a decade, politicians in Kansas have sought to expand access to Medicaid only to be blocked by conservative Republicans.