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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Improvements to Kansas City's mail delivery are not happening fast enough. That's the message from five bipartisan members of Congress on both sides of the state line.
KMBC 9 Investigates has pushed for nearly a year to get answers from the United States Postal Service about slow or missing mail in the Kansas City region.
Yesterday, Representative Sharice Davids joined a Shawnee family to pick up their children from day care and discussed her bipartisan Affordable Childcare Act with them. The bill aims to ease the financial burden on parents by doubling three different tax credits, directly increasing their savings. With a report showing that working parents are spending 24 percent of their income on child care, Davids is advocating for urgent measures to reduce these costs.
Representative Sharice Davids visited a family in Kansas City, KS on September 4 to see how new federal tax credits are helping Kansans reduce their utility costs. Kansans who make eligible energy-efficient upgrades to their homes may qualify for these tax credits, which have already saved over 3.4 million American families more than $8 billion. These savings stem from the Inflation Reduction Act, which Davids was the sole supporter of among Kansas’ congressional delegation.
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly and Mayor Tyrone Garner joined federal officials Thursday to celebrate a $62.6 million infrastructure appropriation to replace the 18th Street bridge over the Kansas River near some of the oldest neighborhood and business sites in Kansas City, Kansas.
The federal award to the Kansas Department of Transportation was announced in July, but work on the project was expected to begin next year and the new bridge should be operational in 2027.
On August 28, Representative Sharice Davids announced that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded $394,310 to Garnett Municipal Airport for runway reconstruction. This funding comes from the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program, which was supported by the bipartisan infrastructure law. Davids, a member of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, was the only Kansas delegate to vote for the law.
Yesterday, Representative Sharice Davids led a discussion with local high school students about mental health issues impacting nearly one in five teens annually. As the school year starts, Davids is committed to enhancing mental health resources and policies in Kansas, aiming to provide every student with the support needed to succeed both academically and personally.
In 2024, $11 million in federal funds are headed to Johnson County municipalities for various projects.
Today, August 7, Representative Sharice Davids celebrated her successful funding request to relocate or modify sanitary sewers along Highway US-69 in Johnson County. The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) considered this project essential for modernizing and expanding Highway US-69 to enhance safety and reduce congestion.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids visited the Kansas Avenue Bridge replacement project to celebrate her and Representative Jake LaTurner’s (R-KS-02) successful funding request to help replace a bridge that connects Kansas to Missouri and supports 8,000 trips daily.
On August 1, Representative Sharice Davids urged the Senate to pass the bipartisan Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, which she supported in January. The bill includes key policies she has championed, such as the Child Tax Credit, small business R&D credits, and affordable housing provisions. Davids expressed hope that the bipartisan support seen in the House will extend to the Senate vote today.