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Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Rep. Davids announces $1.8 million investment in airport safety in Gardner
Kansas City, Mo. – On Thursday, Representative Sharice Davids announced a new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant to improve air safety at Johnson County's New Century AirCenter in Gardner, Kansas. The $1.8 million award will be used to reconstruct 7,330 feet of existing runway and 16 existing points of signage, that need to be replaced. Most airports are operating smoothly on the first day of the REAL ID requirement 'I am thrilled to see this investment from the bipartisan infrastructure law coming to the third district,' Davids said. 'By improving New Century AirCenter, we're not only boosting economic growth and supporting good-paying jobs, we're also strengthening Kansas' role as a leader in shipping and logistics, which improves domestic supply chains and lowers costs for Kansas Families and businesses.' With more than 60,000 operations each year, roughly 120 aircraft and a 7,339-foot runway – the second longest in the region – New Century ranks among the busiest towered airports in Kansas. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
TechCrunch
14-05-2025
- Business
- TechCrunch
A new bipartisan bill aims to lift the 52-year ban on supersonic flight
In Brief U.S. lawmakers introduced Wednesday the Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act in a bid to revise the FAA's 52-year ban on supersonic flight over U.S. soil. The bipartisan legislation – introduced by Senator Ted Budd (R-NC), Aviation Subcommittee Chair Troy Nehls (R-TX), and Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS) – would allow supersonic travel, provided no audible sonic boom reaches the ground. Dubbed the 'Boom' bill, the move comes as Colorado-based Boom Supersonic makes progress in developing next-generation supersonic aircraft. Boom's XB-1 demonstrator aircraft made history in January when it became the first privately developed civil aircraft to break the sound barrier over the continental United States. North Carolina has an interest in the bill's passage. Boom completed a supersonic airline factory in Greensboro roughly a year ago, after receiving more than $100 million in state incentives in 2022. In exchange, Boom promised to create more than 1,700 jobs by 2030. Texas has an interest, too: Boom is making the engine that powers its Overture supersonic airline in San Antonio in partnership with the aerospace company StandardAero.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Democrat from Kansas seeks compromise budget, views GOP offer as ‘reckless, cruel'
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, characterized a House transportation committee budget bill as both cruel and reckless. She urged colleagues to work on bipartisan legislation that tackled wasteful spending without placing tax breaks for billionaires ahead of children, seniors and veterans. (Kansas Reflector screen capture from U.S. House YouTube channel) TOPEKA — Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas denounced Wednesday as reckless the budget proposal offered by Republicans on the House transportation and infrastructure committee. Davids, who serves on the committee along with GOP U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann of Kansas, said the blueprint went beyond the goal of identifying wasteful government spending and amounted to a 'direct attack on the people that we are here to serve.' 'I have always said I will work with anyone — Republican or Democrat — when it's good for Kansans,' Davids said. 'And, while it might seem difficult right now, I know and I believe that there is still room for common ground. But this partisan budget plan that we're talking about today? It's not just reckless. It is cruel.' 'We can improve government efficiency. We can reduce waste, fraud and abuse. But what we shouldn't do is rush through chaotic policies that will raise costs for hard-working Kansans,' she said. Davids, the lone Democrat in the state's congressional delegation, said President Donald Trump and his allies in Congress were 'pushing massive tax giveaways for billionaires instead of offering real help to the folks who need it most.' The president seeks extension of 2017 federal tax cuts that would increase federal deficits by approximately $4 trillion during the coming decade. 'In recent months,' Davids said, 'we have all seen the chaos, and simply put, we're exhausted. This is not how the federal government should work. The dysfunction isn't just noise — it's hitting people where it hurts. What we've seen from the administration and in this budget is not strategic. It's reckless.' In a statement, Mann said the objective of the transportation and infrastructure committee was to add detail to a House budget package that bolstered Trump's border and national security agenda, shelved energy policies advanced by President Joe Biden and addressed wasteful spending. This slice of the budget should also allow for investment in modernizing the nation's air traffic control system, he said. 'Later this week, the House will vote to repeal more Biden-era rules and regulations that harm American consumers,' Mann said. 'America needs an all-of-the-above energy strategy — not a one-size-fits-California mandate.' During the House committee's deliberations Wednesday, GOP leadership's recommendation to set a federal vehicle registration tax was amended in wake of bipartisan opposition. Originally, the legislation required U.S. owners of an electric vehicle to pay $200 annually, owners of a hybrid vehicle to pay $100 annually and owners of other vehicles to pay $20 annually to support federal highway programs. It was amended by the committee to set the tax on electric vehicles at $250 per year, leave the hybrid vehicle assessment at $100 annually and eliminate the proposed fee on other vehicles. The federal gasoline tax of 18.4 cents per gallon has generated insufficient revenue for the highway trust fund as engines became more efficient and battery-powered vehicle sales escalated. The federal gas tax hasn't been adjusted for inflation since the mid-1990s.
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Rep. Sharice Davids pushes to restore federal family planning funding frozen by Trump
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, a Democrat from Kansas, said she would introduce legislation in the U.S. House to restore and shield funding to Title X family planning clinics that was halted by the administration of President Donald Trump. (Anna Kaminski/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas endorsed the introduction of legislation to increase and protect funding to the federal family planning safety-net program after the Trump administration withheld millions of dollars for reproductive health clinics. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said the pause in distribution of appropriated Title X funding allowed for investigation of possible violation of federal laws or executive orders. The review included compliance with Trump's ban on promotion of diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, policy. 'In Kansas and across the country, people are being turned away from the only places they can afford to get basic, lifesaving reproductive care — all because the Trump administration is playing politics with their health,' said Davids, a Democrat serving the 3rd District in eastern Kansas. 'This bill protects trusted providers and ensures access to cancer screenings, birth control and STI testing, no matter your income, where you live or how you vote,' she said. The proposed Expanding Access to Family Planning Act would deliver federal funding to help sustain clinics serving an estimated 4 million people annually. In 2023, more than 1.5 million visits to Planned Parenthood health centers were made possible by the program. Under the U.S. House bill ready for introduction Wednesday, annual federal funding for Title X would be shielded from Republican efforts to eliminate the program. The bill would deliver $512 million annually for 10 years and address the current funding shortfall. The proposal also would allocate $50 million for clinic construction, renovations and infrastructure improvements. Davids said the legislation would protect Planned Parenthood from being excluded from federal appropriations by the Trump administration. The bill would reinstate federal regulations prohibiting discrimination against providers of Title X services, while ensuring comprehensive, affordable reproductive health care for patients regardless of income, race, immigration status or gender. It would make certain information and services related to prenatal care, delivery, infant care, foster care, adoption and pregnancy termination were provided. The Guttmacher Institute, which works to protect sexual and reproductive health and rights, estimated the freeze by HHS could impact access to health care for up to 1.25 million people, many of whom had modest incomes, were people of color or lived in medically underserved communities. 'Data shows that restrictions appearing to target one type of reproductive health care have ripple effects on all aspects of reproductive care, including abortion and contraception,' said Kelly Baden, vice president of public policy at the Guttmacher Institute.
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Bonner Springs clears way for new downtown apartments
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The City of Bonner Springs has begun clearing the way to bring residents to downtown. The city announced on Monday, March 10, that site clearing work has begun at Front Street and Oak Street for an apartment complex that . Kansas City anthem for FIFA World Cup events released Tuesday morning The project will , according to the city. There will be 92 parking spaces on-site and overflow parking has been approved at the parking lot on Elm Street between 2nd and 3rd Street. The development was approved by the city and the State for the Revitalization Housing Incentive Program (RHID). According to the city, units will be mostly studios and one-bedrooms with a few two-bedrooms. The construction timeline is approximately 18 months. The apartments are at the site of the former Bonner Springs Thriftway and Dollar General that was demolished in May 2023. Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids announced in 2023 that the project received a grant for $1.7 million from the Kansas Housing resources Corporation. See the latest headlines in Kansas City and across Kansas, Missouri This is the first time Bonner Springs has received a grant for housing. . Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
