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Last week, KSHB 41 News reported on Representative Sharice Davids’ efforts to replace Jerry Goff’s military medals. Goff, a Vietnam War veteran from Shawnee, tried for more than one year to secure his missing medals, but was unsuccessful.
KANSAS CITY, MO– Today, Representative Sharice Davids joined Kansas City area business leaders, Entrepreneurial Support Organizations (ESOs), and lenders to learn more about the challenges facing local entrepreneurs. Alongside the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and Kauffman Center, Davids shared more about her work to support the region’s bustling small business community. Davids, a member of the U.S.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids celebrated a new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant for the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC). The $1.9 million award will help local governments replace traffic signals and street lighting with new energy efficient technology. Davids was the only member of Kansas’ congressional delegation to vote for the bipartisan infrastructure law, which created this award.
Representative Sharice Davids issued the following statement after President Biden delivered his State of the Union address:
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced that $14.8 million is coming to the Third District of Kansas to benefit local projects. If accepted by local recipients, the projects will help purchase new law enforcement training vehicles, modernize a bridge that connects Kansas and Missouri, improve water access during extreme weather, and more. Out of hundreds of bipartisan submissions, 14 Davids-requested projects were passed by the U.S. House of Representatives today as part of a broader bipartisan government funding bill.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced that she will be joined by Brian Newton, a veteran and small business owner from Kansas City, KS, at the State of the Union address. After returning home from service, Newton faced multiple challenges in reacclimating to society and starting a business. Since then, he has found success in Morty’s, a food cart and catering business specializing in Italian beef sandwiches and Vienna Beef Chicago-style hot dogs.
Recently, during a U.S. House Agriculture Committee hearing, Representative Sharice Davids asked U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack about the efforts being taken to secure agricultural supply chains and lower grocery costs. While our economy is experiencing record job creation, the cost of groceries remains high.
Today, after voting for bipartisan legislation that averts a government shutdown, Representative Sharice Davids released the following statement calling for further bipartisan cooperation to keep the government open in the long term.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids' bipartisan bill, known as the Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunity Act, passed the U.S. House with strong bipartisan support. Davids, an enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and member of the U.S.
Last week, Representative Sharice Davids led a group of New Democrat Coalition (New Dems) members on a visit to the Port of Long Beach, one of the biggest and busiest ports in the country. The group saw how the port’s efforts to clear COVID-19 backlogs have improved supply chains nationwide and helped lower costs for hardworking families and small businesses.
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A Kansas City, Kansas, Underground Railroad site that sheltered enslaved people lacks federal recognition, and local lawmakers just introduced a bill to change that.
Why it matters: Quindaro Townsite is not open to the public, and the federal funding that comes with a National Historic Landmark designation would make that possible.
All members of the Kansas House delegation including Democrat Sharice Davids and Republicans Tracey Mann, Ron Estes and Derek Schmidt voted in favor of the bill.
An aviation safety bill seeking to address lessons learned from last year’s midair collision of a jet from Wichita with an Army helicopter near the nation’s capital was approved by the House Tuesday, but key senators and the families of the 67 victims think the bill still needs to be strengthened.
Transportation officials gathered on Capitol Hill to prepare for the 2026 FIFA World Cup’s massive visitor influx.
U.S. Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS) said she hosted the second in a series of Capitol Hill briefings on Tuesday, April 14.
Increases in diesel and gasoline prices are already impacting farmers as they plant crops in Sumner County. Kansas State University economist Gregg Ibendahl estimates that the average Kansas grain farm will spend an additional $10,000 on fuel this season.
Kansas State-Olathe campus representatives joined other local governments Tuesday to highlight new federal funding secured in February by 3rd District Rep. Sharice Davids and Sen. Jerry Moran.
K-State Olathe is set to receive $5 million later this year to purchase lab equipment for the school’s supply chain research and advanced manufacturing curriculum. The equipment will support a $4 million expansion the campus opened in January for those programs.
On April 7, Rep. Sharice Davids joined local leaders to announce 14 projects in Kansas’ Third District totaling $17.8 million. The funding will support workforce training, flood mitigation, road and bridge safety, law enforcement, and other community priorities.
The FDA gave accelerated approval for a groundbreaking drug that helps treat Hunter syndrome, a rare disease that affects fewer than 500 people in the United States. It's mainly diagnosed among boys.
Hunter syndrome has not had an FDA-approved treatment in 20 years, until now.
Rep. Sharice Davids announced Monday that the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation’s (ECKAN) Head Start program with a new federal grant.
The $3.7 million will be used to continue providing early education opportunities and family support services to children and families in Anderson and Miami counties.
Representative Sharice Davids celebrated the reopening of the STARBASE facility at the Kansas City Readiness Center. The program offers hands-on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) learning for elementary students at no cost to schools. Governor Laura Kelly, Senator Roger Marshall, Representative Derek Schmidt, and local leaders, teachers, and students joined the event.
Farm-state Dems say Argentina beef measure brings volatility, not lower prices
Two Ag Committee Democrats will argue to President Donald Trump and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins today that recent efforts to increase imports of Argentinian beef will do little to lower prices while spurring market volatility.