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Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kan.) said recent diversity gains in Congress could help create policies that better support minority communities.

"I think the more we can support folks who are stepping out and stepping up, the better off we'll all be," Davids said at The Hill's Diversity and Inclusion Summit.

Speaking with The Hill's Rafael Bernal, Davids also highlighted diversity gains outside of politics, including in the entertainment and fashion industries.

Much needed relief from flooding in several neighborhoods on both sides of the state line is underway thanks to a $529-million investment from the federal government.

It's part of a levee improvement project along both the Kansas and Missouri Rivers that will help six key neighborhoods, including industrial ones that employ more than 100,000 people.

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.

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.

Biden held a discussion called a charla — Spanish for "chat" — during the final week of National Hispanic Heritage Month. It was one of three charlas the first lady is holding this week, along with events in Chicago and Allentown, Pa.

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.

The group defines a bridge as "structurally deficient" if one of its key elements — including its deck, superstructure, substructure or culverts — are in poor condition.

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.

The series will detail the most pressing infrastructure needs in the district and how Rep. Davids is working to bring federal funds to those projects, starting with bridges. Key findings include:

• 6 of the top 10 most-travelled structurally deficient bridges in Kansas are in the 3rd District.

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.

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.

Davids focused Thursday on bridges in need of repair — like the Central Avenue Bridge in KCK that has been closed since February because it was in danger of failing.