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Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced that 15 students from the Kansas Third District have successfully received their appointment to a U.S. Service Academy or a preparatory program. In a sendoff event in Overland Park this afternoon, Davids presented each student with a certificate acknowledging their incredible achievement, and Julia Breidenthal, a current student at the United States Coast Guard Academy, shared her advice as these students take the next step in their service.
NEW CENTURY, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids visited Logistics Park Kansas City and the Johnson County Airport Commission New Century Shortline Railroad to discuss federal efforts to improve our supply chains and lower costs for Kansans.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the Unified Government of Wyandotte County will receive $216,000 to establish a Public Health AmeriCorps Program, and Overland Park will receive $139,410 of renewed funding for their AmeriCorps VISTA Program. In total, this funding will support 30 new AmeriCorps members in Kansas' Third District.
Last night, Representative Sharice Davids voted to allow law enforcement officers to access disability benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health challenges that arise as a result of their service. The bipartisan Public Safety Officer Support Act would also expand the Public Safety Officers' Benefit (PSOB) program to ensure that families of officers who lost their lives to trauma-linked suicide can apply for the death benefits that they deserve.
This week, Representative Sharice Davids led her colleagues to call on the IRS to increase a tax deduction used by small business owners and the self-employed. Along with Representative Ruben Gallego (AZ-07), she urged the IRS Commissioner to increase the standard mileage deduction rate and give small business owners a break from rising gas prices.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids introduced bipartisan legislation that extends the federal government's authority to auction off wireless spectrum, reauthorizing an important source of revenue for the U.S. Treasury. The Extending America's Spectrum Auction Leadership Act of 2022 is co-sponsored by Representatives John Joyce (R-PA), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Bill Johnson (R-OH).
After announcing that more than $15.7 million is coming to projects in the Third District of Kansas, Representative Sharice Davids completed a Community Project Tour of all eight project sites to see how the funds will be used and to speak with those who will directly benefit.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids and Representative Ruben Gallego (AZ-07) called on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig to increase the mileage rate deduction used by small business owners who operate a vehicle for their business. Pointing to the recent rise in gas prices, the lawmakers urge Commissioner Rettig to increase the standard mileage deduction rate and give small business owners a break from rising costs.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids testified before the House Natural Resources Committee on her bipartisan bill, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act. Today's hearing on her legislation, which aims to understand and heal from the impact of federal Indian boarding school policies, directly follows the release of Volume 1 of the Department of the Interior's report identifying 408 schools and more than 50 associated burial sites. Davids is one of the first two Native American women elected to the U.S.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids delivered opening remarks at the first bipartisan leadership committee meeting on upcoming pro-manufacturing supply chain legislation.
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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.