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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.
Elected officials in Fairway aren't the only ones working on uncovering truths about the Shawnee Indian Mission.
Rep. Sharice Davids on Thursday reintroduced The Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States Act, according to a press release. The bill creates a commission to investigate schools connected to assimilation policies in the federal government's Indian Boarding School Policies like Shawnee Indian Mission.
Indian Boarding School Policies were created and enforced to strip Indigenous peopels
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.
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly says she applauds Sens. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) as well as Congresswoman Sharice Davids (KS-03) for their bipartisan support of the most significant wildlife conservation bill seen in nearly 50 years.
A bipartisan elections bill is the rarest of creatures, one many Americans have never seen in the wild.
Congressional Democrats are united behind sweeping voting rights legislation that won't pass the Senate so long as the filibuster exists, because Republicans are united against it. Republican legislators in Texas, Georgia, Florida and elsewhere have passed numerous voting restrictions over united Democratic opposition.
But on one sliver of voting issues, it seems lawmakers might — might! — be able to agree.
For nearly a decade, politicians in Kansas have sought to expand access to Medicaid only to be blocked by conservative Republicans.
Gov. Sam Brownback vetoed a bi-partisan effort in 2017, citing the lack of work requirements for beneficiaries and a failure to defund Planned Parenthood. Senate President Susan Wagle scuttled another bi-partisan agreement in 2020, making passage contingent on approval of an anti-abortion constitutional amendment.
Now, Democrats in Washington, D.C. are on the verge of stepping in.
…"The historic bipartisan infrastructure deal will make life better for millions of Kansas residents beyond just bringing long-overdue repairs to our infrastructure. Aging cast iron and ductile iron water mains are leaking at an alarming rate. Water mains are deteriorating away from corrosion caused by the environment they are buried in. With 21% of our customers living below poverty, it is already difficult to control the costs for our customer base in a community like Wyandotte County. I urge the U.S. House to pass this legislation, and I thank Rep.
…The Remove the Stain Act was reintroduced in March of this year by Rep. Kaiali'i Kahele (D-HI), a Native Hawaiian citizen, along with several co-sponsors including Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS), a tribal citizen of the Ho-Chunk Nation.
The Medal of Honor was created by Congress during the Civil War. Since then the Medal of Honor has been awarded 3,522 times. It was awarded 1,523 to those who fought in the Civil War. The Medal of Honor was awarded 126 for World War I; 473 for World War II; 145 times for the Korean War. The remainder for other wars.
Opinion by Colin Allred, Cindy Axne, Sharice Davids, Andy Kim and Abigail Spanberger
Democrats Colin Allred, Cindy Axne, Sharice Davids, Andy Kim and Abigail Spanberger are second-term representatives from Texas, Iowa, Kansas, New Jersey and Virginia.
We represent a geographically diverse share of the American people — but in each of our districts, we hear a collective concern. The high cost of prescription drugs is hurting families — and it is long past time to bring those prices down.
Earlier in September, a Texas law banned most abortions after six weeks, often well before a woman would realize she's pregnant. Then, the Supreme Court declined to block the law, for now.
So, Democrats are trying another tactic to protect access to abortion through the Women's Health Protection Act, scheduled for a vote in the House of Representatives on Friday.
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