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The Native American Voting Rights Act appears to have bipartisan support. If passed, the bill would make it easier for Native Americans to cast their ballots, especially on tribal land. Congresswoman Sharice Davids and Jacqueline De León join Tiffany Cross to discuss.
By John Pepitone
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids says it's time for the Sunflower State to expand Medicaid, which would provide healthcare to 165,000 more Kansans.
Davids and other supporters want to extend coverage in states like Kansas that have not expanded Medicaid benefits.
The Medicaid Saves Lives Act would create a "look-alike" program through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which would extend health care benefits to any individual whose income is less than $17,774 a year.
Wednesday, Sept. 8, marks Native Women's Equal Pay Day—the day it takes Native women in America to earn what non-Hispanic white men finished making on December 31 of last year. We're marking this day on September 8 because it takes nine months longer for Native women to earn the same wage that men do.
Proposed federal legislation in the U.S. House aims to give Native American-owned small businesses a stronger voice within the Small Business Administration.
The proposed Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunity Act would double funding for the SBA's Office of Native American Affairs (ONAA) for five years and establish an Associate Administrator position to drive the office's activity.
Lenexa manufacturer, Rep. Davids support SUPPLIES Act to help Kansas companies get aid
Lenexa small manufacturer Dentec CEO Claudio Dente and Rep. Sharice Davids recently advocated for the SUPPLIES Act, a proposed bill that could help small businesses in Kansas tap into financing to produce medical supplies.
By Emily Standlle
The Strawberry Hill Ethnic Cultural Society was established in 1988 as a means of promoting and preserving the heritage of Strawberry Hill in Kansas City, Kansas.
Housed in an 1887 Victorian Queen Anne style mansion, the Strawberry Hill Ethnic Museum and Cultural Center displays exhibits from Croatia, Denmark, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the Ukraine. According to its website, the museum was always meant to "celebrate the many nationalities of Kansas City residents."
Kansas' delegation in Washington, D.C. on Thursday responded to the deadly attacks outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed at least 70, including 13 U.S. military service members. In an address Thursday afternoon, President Joe Biden blamed Islamic extremists for the attack and vowed to avenge deaths.
"We will hunt you down and make you pay," the president said of those behind the attacks.
By Daniel Desrochers
Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids called on House and Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday to use the upcoming budget reconciliation bill to provide more healthcare coverage in states that have not expanded Medicaid.
"We have lost far too many loved ones before their time this year," Davids said in a letter to leaders. "It is urgent that we use every tool at our disposal to ensure that all Americans can access affordable health care, regardless of where they live."
By Tod Palmer
Rep. Sharice Davids hopes to help usher in Medicaid expansion for Kansas through a two-fold approach announced Wednesday amid ongoing budget reconciliation talks.
Davids, a Democrat from Kansas who represents Johnson County, sent a letter to congressional leaders, urging them to keep enhanced incentives for Medicaid expansion in place for the 12 holdout states and create a federal plan to expand Medicaid in those states.
By Allison Winter
Democratic lawmakers are pushing federal agencies to provide support for survivors of and communities affected by American Indian boarding school policies, the decades-long practice of forcibly sending American Indian children to faraway boarding schools that rejected their tribal cultures.