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Today, Representative Sharice Davids voted to pass a bipartisan tax package that cuts taxes for hardworking families and small businesses in Kansas. The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 includes policies Davids has long supported, such as the Child Tax Credit (CTC), small business research and development (R&D) credits, and affordable housing provisions. The package passed the U.S. House tonight with a vote of 357 – 70, demonstrating strong bipartisan support.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids' bipartisan bill, known as the Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunity Act, passed out of committee with unanimous bipartisan support. Davids, an enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and member of the U.S.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the launch of her sixth annual “Valentines for Vets” program to collect and distribute Valentine’s Day cards to veterans and their caregivers in Kansas’ Third District. Residents are encouraged to mail cards to Davids’ office in Overland Park or email a message to KS03valentinesforvets@gmail.com starting today through Friday, February 9.
Today, Representatives Sharice Davids (D-KS-03) and Jake LaTurner (R-KS-02) urged U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson to schedule a vote on bipartisan legislation that boosts affordable rental housing options in rural, suburban, and urban Kansas.
LENEXA, KS - Today, Representative Sharice Davids joined Sport Clips Haircuts to present the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. (VFW) with a $1.3 million check for the “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship” program. The donation will help provide scholarships for Kansas veterans to pursue post-secondary and trade education opportunities. Davids, whose mother served in the U.S.
OVERLAND PARK, KS - Today, Representative Sharice Davids worked a "Sharice's Shift" at Indra Air Traffic, Inc. (Indra), a local air traffic control system manufacturer, to highlight her efforts to make more goods in Kansas.
Today, on the 51-year anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Kansas Reflector reported on Representative Sharice Davids’ work to protect reproductive rights and keep politicians out of personal health care decisions.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids offered the official motion on the U.S. House floor to prevent a vote on a restrictive reproductive health care bill. Following her speech where she called out extremist actors for spreading false information and limiting Americans' health care choices, Davids voted twice to protect access to choice.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a federal grant to Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores to help lower gas prices in Kansas. The Love’s Ottawa location will receive a portion of the nearly $5 million award to increase the availability of E-15, a cheaper and cleaner fuel option.
Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Sharice Davids (D-KS) announced $999,949 has been awarded to the Metropolitan Energy Center in Kansas City to support clean energy deployment and regional economic development while also advancing U.S. energy independence and reducing vehicle emissions.
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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.