WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $20,000,000 to support a new, five-year statewide initiative ensuring Kansas' infrastructure is equipped to support all communities before and after a disaster. The project, called Adaptive and Resilient Infrastructures Driven by Social Equity (ARISE), is a collaboration between 17 universities and colleges in Kansas,  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Jake LaTurner, R-Kansas, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman Jake LaTurner joined a letter to President Biden, led by Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, urging the Administration to reverse overly burdensome regulations and policy barriers to U.S. agriculture production that have caused needless uncertainty for farmers, ranchers, and working families. The letter to the President outlines administrative actions which would immediately provide rea  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry and Natural Resources issued the following testimony by T&O Farms owner and operator Tom Willis, involving a hearing on June 7, 2022, entitled "The Western Water Crisis: Confronting Persistent Drought and Building Resilience on our Forests and Farmland". Willis serves on the board of the National Sorghum Producers and Growth Energy and is also the president and CEO of Conestoga   more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry and Natural Resources issued the following testimony by Earl Lewis, chief engineer of the Kansas Department of Agriculture's Division of Water Resources, on behalf of the Western States Water Council, involving a hearing on June 7, 2022, entitled "The Western Water Crisis: Confronting Persistent Drought and Building Resilience on our Forests and Farmland": * * * Chairman Bennet  more