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Representative Sharice Davids supports a bipartisan bill to stop Medicaid from making payments for deceased individuals. A federal audit of 14 states found over $249 million in improper payments. While Davids supports strengthening Medicaid, she also wants to ensure taxpayer dollars are used responsibly.

In 2023, improper Medicaid payments were just 5 percent, a decrease from the previous year. Most errors were due to missing paperwork, such as states or providers not completing administrative steps.

One person worked at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Another had just started at the Internal Revenue Service. Someone else was at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A fourth had been with the Department of Transportation.

All from the Kansas City area. All fired in recent weeks.

Despite the average cost of eggs falling in the last week, according to the USDA. It could be a few more weeks until you see lower prices at the grocery store.

Restaurant owners are having to get creative to keep up with those higher costs. Tine Yake, the owner of Wooden Spoon in Overland Park, says the price of a case of 15 dozen eggs has tripled in recent months.

On Tuesday, The Wooden Spoon shared how it is tackling the high egg prices while U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids shared how she is trying to help farmers and lower the cost for shoppers.

Open for 14 years, the Wooden Spoon is no stranger to high egg prices.

“It just got to the point where this year I think was the worst we had ever seen it,” said The Wooden Spoon owner Tina Yake.

Kansas Farm Bureau president Joe Newland is "concerned" about the impact on farmers from funding freezes, federal job cuts and office closures by President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency.

Newland spoke to reporters in a Tuesday press call with U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, who serves on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee. Newland was Davids' guest at Trump's Tuesday night address to Congress.

A handful of former federal workers gathered at a local union hall in Merriam on Friday with U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kan., to share concerns about federal workforce reductions.

Davids heard their concerns about federal job reductions under the Trump administration.

Donny Newsom, a Navy veteran recently let go from a construction supervisor role for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shared his concerns with the cuts and losing his job.

Representative Sharice Davids helped lead a bipartisan effort to make child care more affordable and accessible through a new legislative package. The Child Care Availability and Affordability Act and the Child Care Workforce Act aim to reduce child care costs and expand provider access by strengthening tax credits.

Congressional leaders honored all 67 lives lost during a fiery collision between an American Airlines flight that originated in Wichita and a Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Congressman Tracey Mann (R-KS) says that the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a resolution to honor the victims of the tragic Jan. 29 collision between American Eagle Flight 5342 and Black Hawk Priority Air Transport 25.