In the News
By Daniel Desrochers
Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids called on House and Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday to use the upcoming budget reconciliation bill to provide more healthcare coverage in states that have not expanded Medicaid.
"We have lost far too many loved ones before their time this year," Davids said in a letter to leaders. "It is urgent that we use every tool at our disposal to ensure that all Americans can access affordable health care, regardless of where they live."
By Tod Palmer
Rep. Sharice Davids hopes to help usher in Medicaid expansion for Kansas through a two-fold approach announced Wednesday amid ongoing budget reconciliation talks.
Davids, a Democrat from Kansas who represents Johnson County, sent a letter to congressional leaders, urging them to keep enhanced incentives for Medicaid expansion in place for the 12 holdout states and create a federal plan to expand Medicaid in those states.
By Allison Winter
Democratic lawmakers are pushing federal agencies to provide support for survivors of and communities affected by American Indian boarding school policies, the decades-long practice of forcibly sending American Indian children to faraway boarding schools that rejected their tribal cultures.
By Sharice Davids
Driving into Kansas' 3rd District from the east, you see a sunflower-adorned sign that says, "Kansas welcomes you," followed by another: "Home state of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president."
Drive a little farther along the river and you'll see the 102-year-old Central Avenue bridge, which was closed indefinitely earlier this year due to fear of failure. Head south and you'll find the College Boulevard bridge over Indian Creek, one of the most traveled bridges in Kansas, which is still rated structurally deficient.
KMBC covers Rep. Sharice Davids as she urges people to take advantage of the American Rescue Plan's significant cost savings on health insurance.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-3rd Dist., has released a new report detailing the impact of the American Rescue Plan on health care access and affordability in the 3rd District of Kansas.
Rep. Davids voted to pass the American Rescue Plan, which lowered health care costs for millions of Americans by reducing premium contributions and expanding access to health insurance tax credits.
Key findings from the report, prepared by the staff of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, include:
Relief has finally arrived for entertainment venues and production companies through the Kansas City region that were crippled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed an appropriations bill that includes $500,000 to start the upper Turkey Creek Levee project in downtown Merriam.
That's well short of the $43 million Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids requested for the upper Turkey Creek levee project, which would go toward building 3,300 feet of levee and more than 6,800 feet of 6.5-feet tall flood walls.
But the $500,000 approved would kick start the effort by allowing "the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin design and analysis of the project," according to Davids' office.
The U.S. House recently approved $15 million for projects sponsored by U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids in the 3rd District.
The projects include $1 million for the University of Kansas Cancer Center, to purchase imaging equipment; $500,000 to start the Upper Turkey Creek Levee project in Merriam; and $1.9 million to purchase equipment for the Automation Engineering Technology Program at Kansas City Kansas Community College.
Expecting and new parents, this may affect you. It's called the "birthday rule."
Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids (D) introduced legislation last week hoping to make the process easier when the rule applies to families.
It's a long-standing practice by insurance companies. When both parents have separate insurance and a baby needs care at birth, in some states they will bill the parent's insurance who has the earlier birthday. Even if it's not what parents planned on.
The birth of 2-year-old Charlie was a blessing for the Kjelshus family, but immediately she struggled.