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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.
Since 1997, most working families have been eligible for an income tax credit based on the number of children in a household. This year, millions of families across the U.S. benefited more from the federal program.
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.
Davids voted in favor of the bill and also worked on its provisions as vice chair of the U.S. House's transportation and infrastructure committee.
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.
The county does not have the $150,000 needed to fix the culvert in its stormwater budget. As a result, there is no timetable on when the road will be repaired and reopened.
Legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids is intended to promote more women in the trucking industry.
The bill by Davids, who represents Kansas' third congressional district, would require the establishment of a board that would focus on creating opportunities for women in trucking.
The legislation comes at a time when the U.S. is still feeling the effects of a slowdown in the supply chain caused by the pandemic.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced Thursday that Charter Communications plans to bring over 500 new jobs to Overland Park.
Charter Communications, a broadband connectivity company and cable operator, will invest $18.9 million in Overland Park while creating 510 new full-time jobs by the end of 2022, according to a news release.
Kansas City leaders attended the White House as President Joe Biden signed a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law Monday.
Across the nation, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will repair roads and bridges, improve transportation option, build a network of electric vehicle charging stations, provide access to high speed internet, deliver clean drinking water, improve airports and more.
The infrastructure bill was passed on Nov. 5.
KMBC reports on Rep. Sharice Davids' visit to the Overland Park Police Department to see how the new grant she voted for is helping add mental health workers to the force.