From feeding hungry children to blocked rail crossings, local residents had several requests of First District Congressman Tracey Mann when he spoke here last week.
Mann, a Republican, spoke to about 40 people at Landoll Lanes in Marysville Feb. 13 as part of his annual listening tours across the Big First District, which extends across much of north and central Kansas, including Lawrence, and all of western Kansas.
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