Rep. Sharice Davids Takes Care Of Lady Biz

Important community payback and probably a good investment in her strongest group of supporters.

Check the JoCo winner and one of her low-key efforts dutifully reported by our 2nd favorite local blog:

Earlier this month, U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of Johnson County resubmitted the Women’s Business Center Improvement Act, which seeks to increase the program’s funding and impact for the first time in 35 years.

The act, if passed and signed into law, would double the maximum annual grant amount available to Women’s Business Centers, bringing it up to $300,000. That would be the first increase to the grant total amount in the centers’ history.

Davids’ WBC Improvement Act would also formally reauthorize the program.

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