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Not a ribbon was in sight at Panasonic’s De Soto plant, but an event there last Friday — complete with speeches by visiting elected officials — gave ribbon-cutting energy just the same.
The Olathe City Government received a $1.75 million federal grant Thursday to evaluate nine railroad crossings throughout the city.
These evaluations will look at safety concerns and propose potential solutions — for example, a new overpass or bridge. A similar process led to the city's 119th Extension project, a massive flyover extension that helps traffic avoid railroad crossings.
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The United States Congress’s passage of the reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) will save Kansans more than $41 million.
Gov. Laura Kelly announced Tuesday, Jan. 14, that this is due to a provision that adjusts how interest is calculated for water storage contracts at Milford and Perry Lakes.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Hundreds of women who helped allied forces win the first World War are set to be honored more than 100 years after the last battle.
Today, December 5, Representatives Sharice Davids and Brian Fitzpatrick introduced the ABLE Employment Flexibility Act. This bill is designed to help workers with disabilities save money and build financial security without losing important federal benefits. The bill focuses on ABLE accounts, which are special savings accounts for people with disabilities. These accounts let individuals save money without affecting their eligibility for programs like Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
Representative Sharice Davids announced today that the U.S. Federal Highway Administration has awarded the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) $31,933,577 to support clean manufacturing growth. This grant, made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act—a law Davids helped pass—aims to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. clean industries, create manufacturing jobs, and reduce pollution from materials like concrete, steel, and other construction products.
Representative Sharice Davids voted in favor of the bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act, a bill aimed at repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), two outdated rules that have reduced Social Security benefits for millions of public sector retirees, such as teachers, firefighters, and police officers. The bill passed with support from 191 Democrats and 136 Republicans.
MERRIAM, Kan. — United States representatives Sharice Davids, Emmanuel Cleaver II and Jake LaTurner are calling on the National Park Service to incorporate local history into the Brown v. Board of Education’s National Historic Park during the 70th anniversary year of the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
In the Oct. 8 letter, the representatives called attention to the 1949 decision in the Webb v. School District No. 90 (Webb) case, which took place in what is currently known as Merriam, Kansas.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, Kansas’ only Democratic member of Congress, signed onto bipartisan legislation introduced Tuesday meant to protect vanishing grassland habitats.
Davis is co-sponsoring the North American Grasslands Conservation Act with a bipartisan group of members of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina, Pennsylvania and California.
With the current Farm Bill expiring today, Monday, September 30, Representative Sharice Davids called on Congress to unite and pass a new bipartisan Farm Bill that supports Kansas farmers and rural communities. Davids stressed that action is crucial to safeguarding the future of Kansas agriculture.