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Rep. Davids and local healthcare leaders at a roundtable conversation in Garnett
August 13, 2026

GARNETT, KS — Today, Representative Sharice Davids convened a roundtable with leaders from rural hospitals, community health clinics, and other organizations serving rural Kansans to discuss the harmful impact of extreme Medicaid cuts — made to fund tax giveaways for billionaires.

Issues:Health Care

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Rep. Davids on the KC Streetcar
August 12, 2026

KANSAS CITY, MO — Today, Representative Sharice Davids spent the day utilizing the KC Streetcar to travel to her public and local stakeholder meetings across Kansas City. Traveling between key stops from UMKC to Union Station, Davids demonstrated the impact of modern, accessible public transit while meeting with local leaders, business groups, and community partners across the metro area.

 


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Rep. Sharice Davids grocery shopping in Roeland Park
August 11, 2026

ROELAND PARK, KS — Today, Representative Sharice Davids returned to a local grocery store in Roeland Park to buy the exact same basket of household staples she purchased last month. Davids bought 13 everyday food items — including milk, eggs, bread, tortillas, ground beef, chicken, apples, and tomatoes — to track whether checkout prices are going down for Kansas families.

 


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Rep. Davids and local seniors discussing Social Security at a home in Overland Park
August 6, 2026

OVERLAND PARK, KS - Today, Representative Sharice Davids met with Johnson County seniors to talk about protecting the Social Security benefits they rely on. A new federal report shows the Social Security trust fund could run out of money by 2032 — two years earlier than expected.


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Rep. Davids at The Learning Tree
August 5, 2026

PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KS — Today, Representative Sharice Davids visited local small businesses in Prairie Village to discuss the economic challenges of reckless tariffs. She highlighted her efforts in Congress to secure tariff refunds for small businesses, strengthen supply chains, and support small business growth.

 


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Sharice at co-op
July 30, 2026

OVERLAND PARK, KS — Today, Representative Sharice Davids met one-on-one with Kansans to hear directly about the financial challenges families are facing and discuss solutions to lower costs. During the daylong Cost-of-Living Check-Ins, Kansans shared how rising prices for groceries, gas, housing, and healthcare are impacting their everyday lives and making it harder to make ends meet.

 


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Rep. Davids at We B Smokin in Paola
July 29, 2026

OVERLAND PARK, KS — Today, Representative Sharice Davids joined Kansans who have benefited from the middle-class tax cuts and cost-saving policies she has supported to highlight her work to lower everyday expenses for working families.


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Rep. Sharice Davids with Kansans whose healthcare prices have increased due to expiring tax credits.
July 28, 2026

OVERLAND PARK, KS - Today, Representative Sharice Davids met with Kansans whose health insurance premiums have skyrocketed since enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits expired last year. Some participants shared that their monthly premiums have more than quadrupled, forcing them to rethink family budgets and raising concerns about whether they can continue to afford the coverage they rely on.

 

Issues:Health Care

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Rep. Sharice Davids and Kansans at Casey’s for “Fuel Up Friday” with the KC Diamonds
July 24, 2026

Today, Representative Sharice Davids joined the Renewable Fuels Association and the KC Diamonds for "Fuel Up Friday" at Casey's in Lenexa, where Kansas families received discounts on E15. As gas prices continue to climb, Davids highlighted how expanding access to E15 — a lower-cost fuel made from American-grown crops — can help lower prices at the pump, support Kansas farmers, strengthen American energy independence, and reduce reliance on foreign oil.

 


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Cost of Living Check-Ins
July 21, 2026

Today, Representative Sharice Davids is inviting Kansans in the Third District to share their experiences with the rising cost of living during a day of individual conversations on Thursday, July 30.

 


In the News

May 29, 2026

.Missouri’s Sam Graves and Kansas’ Sharice Davids and Tracey Mann back a new law to use data to stop accidents before they happen.Getty Images

For decades, Congress has treated roadway safety the way too many drivers treat a warning light on the dashboard: Ignore it until something breaks. Federal transportation policy has largely followed suit, funding response over prevention and leaving agencies to document tragedies rather than avert them.


May 27, 2026

Representative Sharice Davids announced she secured a $2.6 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to support construction of a new air traffic control tower at New Century AirCenter.

 


May 23, 2026

U.S. Congresswoman Sharice Davids (D-KS) says the National Weather Service has failed to respond to her demands for answers about missed weather balloon launches.

 

She adds that seven more tornadoes touched down across the state this week, and critical atmospheric data collection disruptions continue.

 


May 22, 2026

Across Ottawa, Kansas, pieces of the April 13 tornado remain. Buildings like the Knights Inn on Main Street are still in shambles, and those who lived through it are still recovering.

 

A month later, federal officials are questioning whether there should have been more warning for the Ottawa tornado and the others that have ripped through Kansas during this storm season.

 


May 22, 2026

Today, Representative Sharice Davids introduced a bipartisan bill designed to help rural hospitals remain open and improve health care services. The Rural Hospital Revitalization Act would offer interest-free loans through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Community Facilities Program. Hospitals could use the loans, available for up to 10 years, to build new facilities or update older buildings.

 

Issues:Health Care

May 22, 2026

TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids expressed frustration Friday with the National Weather Service’s failure in the last month to launch three-fourths of the balloons typically sent aloft in Kansas to assess atmospheric conditions and assist with weather forecasting.

 


May 22, 2026

TOPEKA — A coalition of federal lawmakers from Kansas introduced in the U.S. House this week a bipartisan bill that could offer interest-free loans to rural hospitals “hanging on by a thread.”

 

U.S. Reps. Sharice Davids and Tracey Mann of Kansas and representatives from Alabama, Colorado, Hawaii, Michigan, Oregon and West Virginia co-sponsored the Rural Hospital Revitalization Act.

 


May 10, 2026

U.S. Congresswoman Sharice Davids (D-KS) joined officials to mark a $50 million aviation manufacturing expansion in Olathe.

 

Davids says the visit was part of her “Sharice’s Shift” series. Indra Group USA unveiled a new 118,000-square-foot facility at the Great Plains Commerce Center.

 

What’s Being Built - and Why It Matters


May 4, 2026

U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas urged the public to contact lawmakers to express opposition to a federal appeals court’s order undercutting a U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation broadening access to the abortion pill mifepristone.

 

Issues:Health Care

April 28, 2026

U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS), a tribal citizen of the Ho-Chunk Nation and one of the first Native women elected to Congress, is introducing new legislation titled the Truth in National Parks Act to ensure National Park Service (NPS) sites preserve historically and culturally accurate information while setting clear limits on the removal or alteration of materials that reflect that history.