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Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded two grants to support law enforcement in Kansas’ Third District and throughout the state. The awards, totaling nearly $700,000, will help hire four additional police officers and improve access to mental health and wellness services for law enforcement professionals in Kansas’ Third District.
WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Sharice Davids recently introduced her Empowering Parents’ Healthcare Choices Act as an amendment to U.S. government budget legislation.
Representative Sharice Davids released the following statement after voting against a partisan plan that would fail to protect Israel and undermine America’s national security.
OLATHE, KS - Yesterday, Representative Sharice Davids visited Olathe Public Schools Head Start to learn how the program will benefit from a new federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ROELAND PARK, KS - Today, Representative Sharice Davids worked a "Sharice's Shift" at the Roeland Park Price Chopper to highlight her efforts to lower costs for Kansas families and strengthen U.S. supply chains. While our economy is experiencing record job creation, the cost of groceries and gas remains high.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS) announced the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded two organizations in Kansas with a total of $800,000 to lower home energy costs for Kansas families and make public buildings across our state more energy efficient.
Today, after three weeks of Speaker elections halted all other official business in the House of Representatives, Representative Sharice Davids released the below statement following the election of a new Speaker of the House.
Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS), along with Representatives French Hill (R-AR) and Dean Phillips (D-MN), reintroduced the bipartisan 21st Century Entrepreneurship Act to increase workforce and entrepreneurship opportunities, especially for students from underserved communities. Davids has served on the U.S. House Small Business Committee since being sworn into Congress.
Today, U.S. Representatives Sharice Davids (D-KS) and Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced that the U.S.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids released a video message on the dangers of the prolonged House Speaker vacancy, which has halted all official business in the U.S. House of Representatives. With Kansans facing rising costs of groceries and America's allies abroad confronting unprecedented crises, Davids urged her colleagues to unite, set aside extremist viewpoints, and work together to chart a bipartisan path forward, as expected by Kansans.
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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.