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Today, during National Head Start Awareness Month, Representative Sharice Davids announced the Department of Health & Human Services awarded a renewal of $3,481,376 to the University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute's Early Head Start projects, known as Project Eagle. The renewed funding will be used to prepare vulnerable children in Wyandotte County for life inside and outside of the classroom through programs focusing on early learning, health, and family well-being.
Representative Sharice Davids, Vice Chair of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, released the following statement after the Subcommittee on Aviation's oversight hearing of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA):
"Nearly three years after the Lion Air 610 crash, the first of the Boeing 737 MAX crashes that claimed 346 lives and raised serious questions about the safety of our skies, we are following up to make sure the mistakes that led to those tragedies never happen again.
In a House Small Business Committee hearing today, Representative Sharice Davids highlighted the impact of global supply chain challenges on small businesses, particularly in the Kansas City region—a major shipping hub. As product shortages and shipping delays affect companies and consumers around the world, Davids questioned witness Chris O'Brien of major freight services company C.H. Robinson on his suggestions to address the unique challenges that small businesses are facing during this time.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded three grants to implement Crisis Intervention Teams in the Kansas Third District. These teams will work to embed mental and behavioral health services with law enforcement, helping promote safe communities. Recipients include:
Today, Representative Sharice Davids joined local leaders from the Kansas City Metropolitan Area to celebrate the start of construction on a $540 million project with the Kansas City Levees project. When completed, the project will reduce the risk of flooding, improve the reliability and resiliency of the systems, strengthen aging infrastructure, and ensure the levees and floodwalls perform during future flood events. From full construction funding being announced in 2019 to today's groundbreaking, Rep.
KANSAS CITY, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids welcomed the First Lady Jill Biden and Small Business Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman to Kansas City, Kansas for a roundtable discussion with Hispanic small business owners and community members.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids released a new report examining the status and safety of bridges in the Third District of Kansas, the first installment in her office's "State of our Systems" series. The series will detail the most pressing infrastructure needs in the district and how Davids is working to bring federal funds to those projects, starting with bridges.
Today, during National Mental Illness Awareness Week, Representative Sharice Davids announced two grants from the Department of Health & Human Services to support mental health services in the Third District of Kansas. The grants are as follows:
Representative Sharice Davids released the following statement after meeting with President Biden and fellow lawmakers to discuss the bipartisan infrastructure deal and budget reconciliation package:
Today, Representative Sharice Davids took to the House floor in support of the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which would bring $3.8 billion to Kansas for infrastructure needs from roads and bridges to high-speed internet and public transit.
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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.