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WASHINGTON – The House voted overwhelmingly along party lines Tuesday on a bipartisan agreement that allows Congress to move closer to raising the nation’s debt ceiling. The vote came after leadership in the Senate, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced an agreement Tuesday that would create a one-time process to allow Senate Democrats to raise the debt ceiling on their own without fear of a Republican filibuster or other procedural hurdles.

The Leavenworth County Health Department has reported four additional deaths related to COVID-19. The deaths were reported Monday in The deaths were reported Monday in a weekly update from the Health Department.

Last week, Leavenworth County officials hosted a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of an improved section of Eisenhower Road. And Lansing officials are planning a project for next year that will impact another section of Eisenhower Road.

The city of Lansing will use American Rescue Plan funds to provide incentives for companies providing high speed internet to as many as 1,500 Lansing residents, the council recently decided. Administrator Tim Vandall said feedback from many residents and the increase of residents working from home convinced city officials this would be an appropriate use of the funds.