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Missouri and Kansas are set to receive $96.9 million and $45 million respectively in federal funding over the next year to help fix thousands of bridges that have fallen into disrepair, the White House announced Friday.
Kansas has received $72.1 million to help families pay their energy bills this winter, according to Rep. Sharice Davids' office.
The increase in energy cost assistance -- a record -- is due to the American Rescue Plan, which Davids was the only member of the Kansas delegation to vote for.
Heating costs are predicted to rise as much as 30% this winter.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-3rd Dist., announced that Kansas has received a record $72.1 million to help families afford energy costs this winter—more than double the state's typical annual investment.
Rep. Davids is the only member of the Kansas delegation to vote for the American Rescue Plan, which delivered this increase in energy cost assistance to Kansans across the state.
Thursday marks one year since members of Congress gathered to certify the presidential election results, and it quickly descended into chaos.
Hundreds of supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021.
Kansas Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids was in the building on that day she said was traumatizing.
The new legislation will bring $3.8 billion to Kansas for infrastructure projects and create two million jobs per year for the next decade.
Representative Sharice Davids flew into Kansas City with President Joe Biden last week to tout the bipartisan bill he signed into law.
Paying down debt. Taking a family vacation. Defraying child care costs.
These are a few of the ways Kansas City families have used extra income they received this year from monthly federal child tax credits.
A recently passed federal bill is bringing money to water infrastructure projects in Johnson County.
Passed by Congress on Nov. 6 and signed into law by President Joe Biden, the massive $1.2 trillion infrastructure package earmarks $454 million to improve Kansas water infrastructure over the next five years, according to a report released by Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids.
SHARICE DAVIDS, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR KANSAS' 3RD DISTRICT
Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas District 3 on Monday announced that nearly $1.2 million in federal pandemic relief aid has been granted to airports and transportation businesses in the Third District of Kansas.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Runoff from a rainstorm earlier this year overwhelmed and collapsed a culvert in northwestern Wyandotte County, forcing the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, to close Hubbard Road near 115th Street.