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Today, Representative Sharice Davids toured three local roads in Wyandotte County identified for safety concerns and announced new bipartisan infrastructure law funding to improve them. Last year, Davids released a report examining the state of transportation safety in the Third District of Kansas, which found 21 percent of Kansas' pedestrian crash-related deaths in 2020 happened in the Third District.
Representative Sharice Davids released the following statement as the top three insulin producers, who make up about 90% of the insulin market in the U.S., announced they'll cut or cap the price of insulin:
GARNETT, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids visited East Kansas Agri-Energy (EKAE), a Garnett-based renewable ethanol producer, as part of her Farm Bill listening tour. Her tour will continue at farms, ranches, and businesses across the Third District as Davids prepares to consider the 2023 Farm Bill through her position on the House Agriculture Committee.
KANSAS CITY, KS — Today, Representative Sharice Davids continued her Farm Bill listening tour in Wyandotte County, visiting the KC Farm School at Gibbs Road and meeting with community leaders to discuss nutrition and food assistance programs. The tour will continue at farms, ranches, and businesses across the Third District as Davids prepares to consider the 2023 Farm Bill through her position on the House Agriculture Committee.
DE SOTO, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids worked a "Sharice's Shift" with Clarkson Construction Company to highlight the impact and implementation of the bipartisan infrastructure law. Davids shadowed workers at the K-10 Lexington Avenue exit, which will be the main roadway for Kansans traveling to the planned Panasonic Energy manufacturing facility.
OLATHE, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids continued her Farm Bill listening tour in Johnson County, touring a family-run vegetable farm and meeting with local agribusiness leaders. Her tour will continue at farms, ranches, and businesses across the Third District as Davids prepares to consider the 2023 Farm Bill through her position on the House Agriculture Committee. This package of legislation is typically renewed every five years and determines federal agriculture and nutrition policy impacting Kansas families both urban and rural.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded $6,971,895 for affordable housing, community development, and homeless assistance efforts in Kansas' Third District. Past HUD funding from similar grants has been used to address projects focused on infrastructure, public facilities, community centers, housing rehabilitation, homeowner and rental assistance, and more.
GARDNER, KS - Today, Representative Sharice Davids toured the Gardner Wastewater Infrastructure Project to celebrate passage of her funding request to upgrade essential water infrastructure to support residential and commercial development. While Gardner has the highest projected population growth rate in Johnson County through 2030, its current wastewater system operates at near 90% capacity.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc. will receive $2.48 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to improve youth mental health through expanded primary care clinician training.
DE SOTO, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids welcomed U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to De Soto to view the planned Panasonic Energy manufacturing plant site and discuss the impact of transformational legislation like the bipartisan infrastructure law and CHIPS and Science Act in the state.
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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.