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Legislative leaders have urged the Department of Transportation to make immediate upgrades to safety systems in the wake of a tragic aircraft collision that killed dozens.
On Friday, Feb. 14, U.S. Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS) said she joined a group of lawmakers who urged the Department of Transportation to immediately implement key safety reforms in the recently passed Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids delivered Valentine’s Day cards at the Lenexa VA as part of her 7th annual “Valentine’s for Veterans” program. After calling for community submissions, Davids’ team received more than 700 cards from all corners of Kansas’ Third District. Davids, whose mother served in the Army for 20 years, also highlighted the support available to Kansas City-area veterans through her office.
A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers took a big step toward making E15 year-round sales permanent nationally by introducing legislation on Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
The Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act may be the answer that ethanol and farm groups have been looking for to rectify what has been years of relying on waivers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to continue E15 sales in the summer months around the country.
A bill that could offer a reprieve for businesses seeking certainty on beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements is quietly making its way through Congress.
On February 10, the House unanimously passed H.R. 736, the Protect Small Business from Excessive Paperwork Act. The bill would postpone the BOI reporting deadline for one year for most companies (those reporting companies formed or registered before January 1, 2024). Under the bill, the new reporting deadline would be January 1, 2026.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - After failures left communities around the metro without a warning system for severe weather, legislative leaders introduced a bill to improve the nation’s system.
U.S. Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS) says she recently introduced the bipartisan Weather Alert Response and Notification - WARN - Act to modernize the nation’s emergency alert systems.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - U.S. Representatives from both Kansas City and Philly have bet on their home teams as the Chiefs and Eagles prepare for the biggest game in the NFL.
U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and Sharice Davids (D-KS) announced on Friday, Feb. 7, that they have made a friendly bet with Philadelphia area Congressmen Dwight Evans (D-PA) and Brendan Boyle (D-PA) ahead of Super Bowl LIX on Sunday.
TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas said a freeze on federal funding and change at the U.S. Agency for International Development left $340 million in lifesaving food grown in the United States sitting at domestic ports awaiting delivery to locations around the world where people were starving.
Congresswoman Sharice Davids has voted in favor of a bill that would permanently classify fentanyl as a Schedule I narcotic.
On Thursday, Feb. 6, U.S. Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS) announced that she voted in favor of bipartisan legislation that would restrict access to fentanyl and provide more resources to fight its use in Kansas.
Members of the Kansas congressional delegation gathered on the U.S. House floor for a moment of silence in honor of people killed when a military helicopter collided with a civilian commercial aircraft from Wichita on approach to Reagan Washington National Airport.
U.S. Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, said the idea was to come together with members of Congress impacted by the Jan. 29 accident that killed 64 passengers and crew on Flight 5342 and three U.S. Army personnel aboard the Black Hawk helicopter.
Kansas Representative Sharice Davids has introduced a bipartisan bill aiming to modernize emergency alert systems nationwide.
The Weather Alert Response and Notification Act (WARN Act) would strengthen and update critical alert systems. The bill passed the U.S. House in 2024 with unanimous support from both parties.