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3rd District Representative Sharice Davids visited the air traffic control center in Olathe Wednesday to highlight federal cuts to aviation and an increased focus on flight safety throughout 2025.
The visit comes three months after a flight from Wichita collided with an Army helicopter in Washington D.C. It was the first major commercial flight crash in 16 years, and 67 people died as a result.
Federal funding for a program that helps small and mid-size manufacturers in Kansas and several other states will return, at least temporarily.
On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Sharice David’s office announced that funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program, or MEP, had been restored until the end of September.
Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kan.) is pushing two bills that would combat the Trump administration’s funding freezes, while being careful not to isolate Republican voters.
Davids is working on legislation to ensure full funding for Title X without restrictions as well as a bill to stabilize the Manufacturing Extension Partnership. MEP is a program aimed at helping small and mid-sized manufacturers, and it relies heavily on federal funding.
A consulting firm for manufacturers that’s powered by federal money is sharing how federal cuts have impacted their business.
Kansas Democrat Sharice Davids highlighted a bill she said will support local manufacturers. The Congresswoman toured SOR in Lenexa, Kansas Tuesday morning.
The Lenexa manufacturer is supported by Kansas Manufacturing Solutions. KMS recently laid off more than half its staff due to federal funding cuts.
A consulting firm for manufacturers that’s powered by federal money is sharing how federal cuts have impacted their business.
Kansas Democrat Sharice Davids highlighted a bill she said will support local manufacturers. The Congresswoman toured SOR in Lenexa, Kansas Tuesday morning.
The Lenexa manufacturer is supported by Kansas Manufacturing Solutions. KMS recently laid off more than half its staff due to federal funding cuts.
Kansas Manufacturing Solutions CEO Tiffany Stovall has spent 15 years with the Lenexa-based nonprofit as it’s helped hundreds of Kansas manufacturing businesses navigate obstacles to help them grow.
She’s now forced to preside over its gutting.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas endorsed the introduction of legislation to increase and protect funding to the federal family planning safety-net program after the Trump administration withheld millions of dollars for reproductive health clinics.
A bipartisan effort is underway to relocate and upgrade Olathe’s downtown post office, though the request by Congressional lawmakers may fall on deaf ears for the time being.
In a letter sent to the United States Postal Service Friday, Kansas senators Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall, and 3rd District representative Sharice Davids asked postmaster Louis DeJoy to work toward relocating the city’s post office. That same day, DeJoy resigned from his role.
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.