WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: On the three-year anniversary of the bipartisan infrastructure law being signed into law, Representative Sharice Davids highlighted key ways the legislation is already improving Kansas roads, water quality, broadband access, and more. In total, approximately $3.3 billion has been announced and is headed to Kansas with more than 376 specific projects identified for support. Davids, a member of the U.S. House  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued the following decision (Case No. 0-AR-5813) on Nov. 14, 2024: * * * UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS UNITED STATES PENITENTIARY LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS (Agency) and AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES LOCAL 919 COUNCIL OF PRISON LOCALS #33 (Union) 0-AR-5813 DECISION November 14, 2024 * * * Before the Authority: Susan Tsui Grundmann, Chairman, and Colleen Duffy Kiko and Anne Wagner,   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Army Lt. Gen. Christopher T. Donahue for appointment to the grade of general, with assignment as commanding general, U.S. Army Europe-Africa; and commander, Allied Land Command, NATO, Germany. Donahue is currently serving as commanding general, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Liberty, Fort Liberty, North C  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 16 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Nov. 15, 2024: * * * 25-TRAM-5034-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 11/15/2024 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov/estar/portal/kscc/page/NewDockets/portal.aspx  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representatives Tracey Mann (KS-01), Sam Graves (MO-06), and Scott Perry (PA-10), alongside their Republican House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee colleagues, sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell blasting the agency's guidance to withhold disaster relief efforts from homes with pro-Trump signage. The lawmakers expressed outrage over the series of  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: Today in a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) nominations hearing for the United States Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned Val Demings, William Zollars, and Gordon Hartogensis on their commitment to combatting rural mail delivery issues. Senator Hawley confronted the nominees about the Postal Service's propo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 14, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump announcing his nomination of former Congressman Doug Collins to be the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): "Congratulations to Congressman Doug Colli  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. slammed the Biden-Harris Administration's new rule that would tax methane emissions from the oil and gas sector. "In his final days in the Oval Office, Joe Biden has sadly doubled down on attacks on our oil and gas producers," Senator Marshall said. "This ill-advised move by the Biden-Harris Administration will cripple small producers and their operations. Kansans spoke loudly   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. is releasing the latest developments in his ongoing investigation into Covid-19 origins which includes new information from a Department of Defense (DoD) whistleblower. New records from the whistleblower confirm that the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) had access to evidence during its assessment of the COVID-19 origin that points to the virus' laboratory origins at   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: The U.S. Senate passed legislation led by Sens. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) - ranking member and chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - to authorize several new Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) construction projects for medical facilities across the nation. The Fiscal Year 2024 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authoriz  more