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Rep. Sharice Davids announces her “State of our Systems: Safety” report in Westwood, Kansas.
November 1, 2022

Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced new cost savings and tax incentives for Kansans who electrify their home and vehicles. The tax credits and rebates are available to households who install new energy-efficient windows, doors, water heaters, furnaces, and other appliances or purchase a new or used electric vehicle.


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Rep. Sharice Davids speaking on the new federal RAISE grant at the Flint Hills Trail head.
October 29, 2022

OSAWATOMIE, KS - Today, Representative Sharice Davids joined the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) to officially announce a federal grant of $24,821,705 has been awarded to improve and expand the Flint Hills Trail. This "Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity" (RAISE) grant will help make infrastructure improvements on 40.5 miles of the trail and open 27 new miles of the trail, from Council Grove to Herington.


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Rep. Sharice Davids with De Soto Mayor Rick Walker (left) and De Soto City Administrator Mike Brungardt (right).
October 27, 2022

DESOTO, KS - Today, Representative Sharice Davids hosted a conversation with DeSoto elected officials and local leaders on how she can best support the community from a federal level as they prepare to welcome a new Panasonic Energy manufacturing plant. Davids worked closely with Governor Laura Kelly and a bipartisan group of local leaders in government and business to help attract the $4 billion investment.


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A group of doctors with Rep. Davids
October 26, 2022

Today, Representative Sharice Davids applauded the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service's action to fix the "family glitch," a loophole that previously stopped families with unaffordable employer-sponsored coverage from accessing lower premiums.

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A picture of Rep. Davids getting out of an excavator at a local infrastructure project.
October 24, 2022

Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced Kansas will receive $564,063,481 from the bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) to strengthen roads, bridges, and tunnels across the state.


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Law enforcement leadership briefing Rep. Sharice Davids on the growing threat of fentanyl.
October 21, 2022

Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) awarded more than $3.8 million to communities in Kansas' Third District to hire additional police officers, develop new strategies to prevent crime, and improve access to mental health and wellness services for law enforcement professionals.


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Rep. Davids and US Labor Secretary Marty Walsh speaking with drivers in the JCCC CDL program.
October 19, 2022

EDGERTON, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids hosted U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Marty Walsh for a visit to Johnson County Community College's (JCCC) Commercials Driver's License (CDL) training program.


October 18, 2022

Earlier this month, KMBC Channel 9 and KSHB 41 News reported on Representative Sharice Davids' efforts to replace Frank Parra's military medals. Parra, a local Vietnam War veteran, tried for decades to secure his missing medals, but was unsuccessful.


October 14, 2022

OLATHE, KS – Yesterday, Representative Sharice Davids joined U.S. Small Business Administrator (SBA) Isabella Casillas Guzman to highlight the importance of supporting Kansas small businesses. After touring Mid-State Aerospace, a local aircraft supplies manufacturer, Davids released a new report on the current state of small business in Kansas' Third Congressional District. Davids is a member of the U.S.


October 11, 2022

OVERLAND PARK, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids joined Kansas business owners, veterans, and residents to highlight her office reaching the milestone of over $11 million recovered for local taxpayers in the Kansas Third District. In total, Davids' office has helped 4,150 hardworking Kansans with overdue tax returns, missing Social Security and veterans' benefits, and more. Of the $11 million, Davids' office recovered $7 million in missing IRS tax returns.


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June 25, 2026

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.


June 24, 2026

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.


June 18, 2026

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.


June 17, 2026

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.


June 4, 2026

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.


June 3, 2026

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.


June 2, 2026

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.


May 29, 2026

.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.


May 27, 2026

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.

 


May 23, 2026

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.