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Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded $545,711 to the Johnson County New Century AirCenter for needed structural and safety improvements to two runways that have experienced deterioration in recent years.
After learning of unresolved pandemic-related small business fraud cases in Kansas' Third District, Representative Sharice Davids questioned Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman during a House Small Business Committee hearing on the SBA's efforts to investigate these cases and support victims.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced that her office is now accepting submissions for the 2023 Congressional Art Competition. The competition is open to all high school students who live in Kansas' Third Congressional District. The winning artwork will be displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol and the artist will be recognized at a ceremony in Washington D.C.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced that she is joining the bipartisan Fentanyl Prevention Caucus and supporting legislative action to curb the threat of fentanyl in Kansas communities, including by improving detection practices at U.S. borders and ports. Earlier this month, Davids also called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make Narcan available to all users without prescription.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $2.6 million to Health Partnership Clinic to help expand access to health care in the Greater Kansas City Area. Health Partnership Clinic, who provides high quality health care to low-income individuals in Kansas' Third District, will use the funding to pay staff salaries and purchase new translation services and medical supplies.
Today, during a U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing, Representative Sharice Davids spoke with airline professionals about how the overall flying experience, including safety and transparency of hidden fees for baggage and refunds, could be improved. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has encouraged airlines to stop charging fees for young passengers to sit next to an adult companion, but most domestic airlines still do.
Yesterday, Representative Sharice Davids toured three roads in Wyandotte County identified for safety concerns and announced new bipartisan infrastructure law funding to improve them. Wyandotte County will develop a new, comprehensive Vision Zero safety plan, the number one priority identified in their recently adopted goDotte countywide mobility strategy.
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.
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After Congress passed the "21st Century ROAD to Housing Act" this week, President Donald Trump said he wouldn't sign it into law unless lawmakers also passed an unrelated bill focused on voting restrictions. Johnson County Rep. Sharice Davids joined KCUR's Up To Date to share her reactions and to discuss what could come next.
In a rare bipartisan feat, Republicans and Democrats in Congress overwhelmingly passed the "21st Century ROAD to Housing Act" earlier this week.
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed bipartisan legislation that would permanently establish the Small Business Administration's Office of Native American Affairs, a move supporters say would strengthen federal support for Native entrepreneurs and tribal economic development.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids held a roundtable in Shawnee with local officials and stakeholders about bison herd restoration as part of her America 250 week here in town.
She said the discussion helped her appreciate the importance of both preserving the American bison and increasing the large mammal’s population.
Last spring, as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency employed slash-and-burn tactics to bring federal agencies to heel, local farm service centers in Kansas were hit especially hard.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture lost some 24,000 employees from September 2024 to December 2025, federal data shows. In Kansas, more than 500 workers were terminated or took buyouts — a 32% scale-back that constituted the region’s largest USDA staffing reduction.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids says she’s hearing from Kansas residents who are struggling to make ends meet. In an interview with KCUR's Up To Date, Davids said President Trump went to war in Iran "without a clear strategy," and it's adding to the high cost of living.
Keeping Iran from having a nuclear weapon is a top priority for Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids. But the congresswoman from Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District disagrees with how the Trump administration is trying to eliminate that threat.
A Kansas healthcare leader and a U.S. Representative are questioning why funding needed to continue essential scientific research isn’t being paid out.
“More than halfway through fiscal 2026, the National Institutes of Health has allocated only 33% of the $26 billion it normally awards to universities,” wrote University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod with Ron Daniels, Johns Hopkins University president, in a Wall Street Journal column in May.
There are 13 Johnson County students headed to U.S. service academies this summer.
On Friday, U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids celebrated the 13 students and their families with a send-off event on Friday at Corporate Woods Founders Park.
For Vance Provost, a 2025 Olathe North alumnus, his appointment to West Point and the May 29 send-off is the culmination of three years of work.
.Missouri’s Sam Graves and Kansas’ Sharice Davids and Tracey Mann back a new law to use data to stop accidents before they happen.Getty Images
For decades, Congress has treated roadway safety the way too many drivers treat a warning light on the dashboard: Ignore it until something breaks. Federal transportation policy has largely followed suit, funding response over prevention and leaving agencies to document tragedies rather than avert them.
Representative Sharice Davids announced she secured a $2.6 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to support construction of a new air traffic control tower at New Century AirCenter.
U.S. Congresswoman Sharice Davids (D-KS) says the National Weather Service has failed to respond to her demands for answers about missed weather balloon launches.
She adds that seven more tornadoes touched down across the state this week, and critical atmospheric data collection disruptions continue.