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Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the National Science Foundation awarded $1 million to the University of Kansas Center for Research (KU) through the Civic Innovation Challenge, a national research competition. The winning project, led by KU and local civic partners like Kansas City Public Library, KC Digital Drive, ThrYve, Keystone Community Corporation, and KC Social Innovations Center, aims to help youth in the Kansas City Metro access out-of-school learning opportunities.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the National Institute of Standards & Technology awarded $32,200 to Kansas Manufacturing Solutions to provide services and support to local manufacturers. Kansas Manufacturing Solutions is based in Lenexa and is the only federally supported Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program center in Kansas.
As the bipartisan infrastructure bill moves through the U.S. House of Representatives, leaders from across the Third District joined together today to urge its passage and show their support for Representative Sharice Davids. Davids, who serves as Vice Chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, penned a guest column in the Kansas City Star last month calling for the legislation to be passed without delay.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced her office has been selected to host a Gold Star Fellow for a one-year fellowship based in her Kansas offices. The position is open to Gold Star Family Members, and the person selected for the fellowship will work directly with constituents in the Third District of Kansas, acting as a facilitator with federal, state, and local agencies.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the Department of Transportation awarded $59,925 to Johnson County Community College (JCCC) to provide scholarships to Veterans and their family members in the college's Commercial Driver's License (CDL) program. JCCC anticipates using the funds to enroll at least 15 students, who will leave the program with the necessary skills to get good-paying jobs in the trucking workforce.
Representative Sharice Davids released the following statement after the House Energy & Commerce Committee passed a federal Medicaid expansion strategy in their portion of the budget reconciliation package:
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced that NeighborWorks America awarded $146,557 to Community Housing of Wyandotte County (CHWC) to provide counseling for households in the Third District of Kansas who are facing housing instability. CHWC offers free and low-cost housing counseling, financial education, and purchase assistance for families.
Yesterday, the House Small Business Committee passed their portion of the budget reconciliation package, containing several provisions to support small manufacturers that Representative Sharice Davids pushed to include.
KANSAS CITY, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids held a press conference on a new federal strategy to expand Medicaid in states like Kansas, where state legislatures have repeatedly blocked it. Davids called for the upcoming budget reconciliation package to both continue current expansion incentives and include a federal plan to expand Medicaid coverage. She was joined by local advocates and health care professionals who have seen first-hand the need to expand Medicaid coverage in the Third District and across Kansas.
Representative Sharice Davids, member of the House Small Business Committee and enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, and Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO) introduced the Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunity Act of 2021 to give Native American small businesses a seat at the table within the Small Business Administration (SBA).
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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.