WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Cole, Davids Introduce Legislation to Investigate History of Indian Boarding Schools * | CONTACT : Olivia Porcaro (link sends email) Washington, D.C. - Co-Chairs of the Congressional Native American Caucus, Congressman Tom Cole (R-OK-04) and Congresswoman Sharice Davids (D-KS-03), reintroduced H.R. 7325, (link is external) the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 202  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2026: * * * Committee on Small Business Kicks Off Open Road Roundtable Series in Kansas City Last week, Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, and Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) hosted a roundtable titled "Main Street at Work: Empowering Small Businesses to Deliver Greater Affordability" in Kansas City, Missou  more

CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 10 -- The Canadian Pacific Kansas City issued the following news release: * * * CPKC donates $1.5 million to Heart & Stroke to advance heart health On February 9, 2026, Heart & Stroke announced that CPKC renewed its commitment as national Heart Month partner, helping fund the next breakthroughs that support the heart health of people in Canada. As part of our community investment program, CPKC Has Heart, CPKC has committed $1.5 million in funding to Heart & Stroke over  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Feb. 6 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kelly Signs Bipartisan Bill to Combat Crime, Bolster Public Safety * TOPEKA - Governor Laura Kelly has signed House Bill 2347 to strengthen public safety by amending and creating laws related specifically to crimes of theft, buying sexual relations, criminal use of a financial card, and unlawful use of a laser pointer. "This bipartisan bill takes reasonable steps to ensure that Kansans a  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 9 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Kansas restores fairness in courtrooms with new law ending agency deference * Topeka, Kansas; February 9, 2026: Kansas took a major step to ensure balance in the justice system by enacting House Bill 2183, a new law requiring courts and administrative hearing officers to independently interpret laws and regulations without deferring to government agencies. Gov. Laura   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Feb. 10 -- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2026: * * * KDHE Launches Travel & Health Webpage Ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026 The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has launched a new Travel & Health webpage to provide healthcare and public health partners with educational and clinical resources ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026TM. This highly anticipated event is expected to bring increased domestic and i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar Meets with Bridgette Norring & Advocates for Children's Online Safety in Washington * (Right to Left) Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate; Actor and Advocate, Joseph Gordon Levitt; U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar; Bridgette Norring, Founder of the Devin J. Norring Foundation; and Kristin Bride, Advocate & Founder of the Carson J. Bride Effect. WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Feb. 9 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * KU Law Dean Stephen Mazza receives inaugural AALS Award for Excellence in Mentoring Future Legal Education Leaders * LAWRENCE -The Association of American Law Schools has announced Stephen Mazza, dean of the University of Kansas School of Law, as the recipient of the 2026 AALS Award for Excellence in Mentoring Future Legal Education Leaders. The inaugural award was presented by the AALS Deans Forum Steeri  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Feb. 9 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * KU to host Sovereign Futures Series on AI, data and tribal sovereignty * LAWRENCE -The Office of Sovereign Partnerships & Indigenous Initiatives at the University of Kansas will host the Sovereign Futures Series: AI and Data Sovereignty Across the Southern Plains on March 3-4, bringing together tribal leaders, community practitioners, scholars, educators and technologists to examine the impacts of artificia  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Feb. 9 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * New research supports 'trauma-informed lens' for entrepreneurship community * LAWRENCE -Entrepreneurs are often viewed as being independent. Motivated. Go-getters. These qualities help them persevere and thrive. But for many entrepreneurs, there is something else going on inside that is darker and much harder to see. "We continue to find evidence there is a higher prevalence of trauma in society and a h  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2026: * * * Office of Advocacy Connects with Small Businesses in Kansas City, MO On Friday, the Office of Advocacy joined the House Committee on Small Business in Kansas City, Missouri, for the first stop in the committee's bipartisan cross-country roundtable series, The Open Road: Small Business Conversations Across Main Street America (https://alford.house.gov/news/docu  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Feb. 9 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * One size does not fit all when it comes to return-to-office policies, study finds * LAWRENCE -Forcing a return to full-time office work, as many companies did when vaccines ended the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, is not the optimal solution for workplace productivity for everyone, according to new research from the University of Kansas. Rather, according to the results of a new study co-authored by two KU c  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Derek Schmidt, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Derek Schmidt: New U.S.-India Trade Framework includes Key Agricultural Trade Provisions for Kansas * WASHINGTON, D.C. - (February 9, 2026) - The new U.S.-India trade framework announced last week by the two countries includes provisions designed to expand Kansas agricultural exports that Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-2) advocated. On May 20 and May 29 of last year, Schmidt asked the U.S. Trad  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Marshall, Gillibrand, & Baldwin Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Maternal & Infant Health * Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Healthy Start program, a critical federal initiative that supports community-based efforts to improve maternal  more

CLEMSON, South Carolina, Feb. 9 -- Clemson University posted the following news: * * * Special education graduate student, veteran school psychologist earns multiple research grants * College of Education Melissa Hullett is proud to celebrate 20 years as a school psychologist in 2026, but she's just as happy to reap the rewards she has received for the three years she has spent as a doctoral student at Clemson University. Hullett's time teaching undergraduates through an assistantship as a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The House Appropriations Committee released the following testimony by Agriculture Inspector General John Walk from a Feb. 3, 2026, hearing on the oversight of the agency: * * * Good morning, Chairman Harris, Ranking Member Bishop, and Members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify about the Office of Inspector General's (OIG) fiscal year (FY) 2025 oversight results and our plans for FY 2026. Our investigations, audits, inspections, analytics, and o  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Tulsa District issued the following news: * * * When demand peaks; USACE powers Story by Brannen Parrish When temperatures were at their lowest in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District hydroelectric dams generated enough electricity to supply nearly 600,000 users each day from Jan. 24-26. Combined, Tulsa District's eight powerhouses generated 20.46 Gigawatt hours of electricity or 20,460,000 kilo  more