WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2025: * * * Cantwell Reintroduces Bill to Modernize Nation's Weather Radio U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Chair of the Committee, and Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Jerry Moran   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Region 7 Presents $6M to City of KCMO for Brownfields Grants * LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 1, 2025) - Today, at 1810 Agnes Avenue in the Washington Wheatly neighborhood, EPA Region 7 Land, Chemical, and Redevelopment Division Director DeAndre Singletary presented a $6 million award to the City of Kansas City, Missouri, for their Brownfields Cleanup Grant and Revolving Loan Fund (RLF). Singletary was  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Estes Delivers Remarks at Ways and Means Field Hearing in Las Vegas * U.S. Congressman Ron Estes (R-Kansas) traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, with the Ways and Means Committee to hold a field hearing at YESCO about the One Big, Beautiful Bill. Estes heard from Americans who shared their work experience and insight on how the One Big, Beautiful Bill would benefit them, their families, and their businesses.   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Estes Speaks at a Ways & Means Field Hearing Held at Reagan Library * U.S. Congressman Ron Estes (R-Kansas) spoke at a Ways & Means Committee field hearing held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. He talked about the growth small businesses across the country will experience as a result of the One Big, Beautiful Bill. Read his remarks below and watch here. Thank you,   more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, Aug. 1 -- Kansas State University issued the following news: * * * Connecting entrepreneurs and communities K-State and partners have built an immersive experience to support entrepreneurship in rural Kansas. By Jennifer Tidball On a recent summer day in Kingman, visitors to Main Street could walk into The Rural Muse art gallery, Brick Road Coffee or Trinity Fitness. But instead of ordering a latte or starting a workout, they would instead find groups of people discussin  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: * * * SBA Offers Relief to Kansas Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by May Drought * SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans to small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Kansas to offset economic losses caused by drought beginning May 27. The d  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: Interest Rates Need to Come Down * Senator Marshall Joins Fox Business to Discuss Interest Rates and Trade Deals Washington - On Thursday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Fox Business to discuss the Federal Reserve's refusal to lower interest rates, and how the President's trade strategy isn't harming Americans but will get us leverage on our geo-political r  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: Making America Healthy Again Starts with Cost Transparency * Senator Marshall Questions Healthcare Experts on Solutions to Rising Healthcare Costs Washington - On Thursday,U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), questioned healthcare experts, Ms. Chris Deacon, Principal and Founder at VerSan Consulting, Dr. Benedic Ippolito, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: My Prescription for America is a Healthy Diet & an Active Lifestyle * Senator Marshall Joins Newsmax to Discuss Trade Deadlines, Rescissions, & the Presidential Fitness Test Washington - On Friday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Sharla McBride and Marc Lotter on Newsmax's Wake Up America to discuss President Trump's trade deals, the potential of an additiona  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Marshall & Markey Introduce Legislation to Protect Warehouse Workers From Dangerous Quotas * Washington - This week, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Massachusetts) in reintroducing the Warehouse Worker Protection Act, which prohibits dangerous quotas that threaten warehouse worker safety and lead to high injury rates. Several major corporatio  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Marshall & Moran Introduce Resolutions Honoring the Life of Undersheriff Brandon Gaede & Deputy Elijah Ming * Washington - On Thursday,U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) and Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) introduced resolutions honoring the life of Phillips County Undersheriff Brandon Gaede and Wyandotte County Deputy Sheriff Elijah Ming, distinguished Kansans who both recently lost thei  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Moran, Marshall Introduce Resolutions Honoring the Lives of Deputy Brandon Gaede & Deputy Sheriff Elijah Ming * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) on Thursday introduced resolutions to honor the lives of Phillips County Deputy Brandon Gaede and Wyandotte County Deputy Sheriff Elijah Ming, Kansas police officers who lost their lives in the line of dut  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Aug. 1 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * Art historian brings to light Korean Buddhist temple design, decoration Eighteenth-century Buddhist monks in the Korean countryside took advantage of the artistic freedom that distance from the capital granted them to create immersive temple environments that elevated the spiritual lives of worshippers. Maya Stiller, associate professor in the Kress Foundation Department of Art History at the University of   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Aug. 1 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * Techniques honed by Kansas nuclear physicists helped detect creation of gold in Large Hadron Collider collisions Nuclear physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider recently made headlines by achieving the centuries-old dream of alchemists (and nightmare of precious-metals investors): They transformed lead into gold. At least for a fraction of a second. The scientists reported their results in Physical   more