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Senator Mike Rounds seeks fall interns for Washington D.C. and South Dakota offices
Central South Dakota News
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June 24, 2025
Senator Mike Rounds, US Senator for South Dakota | Official U.S. Senate headshotSenator Mike Rounds, US Senator for South Dakota | Official U.S. Senate headshot U.S. Senator Mike Rounds is now accepting applications for fall 2025 internships....
South Dakota State announces kickoff times, promotional schedule
The Brookings Register - South Dakota
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SDSU Sports Information Special events and kickoff times for South Dakota State’s seven-game home football schedule have been finalized. The 2025 season kicks off Aug. 30, when the Jackrabbits host Sacramento State in the Precision Ag Bowl....
‘Birdie’ to take audiences back to the ‘50s
Marshall Independent - Minnesota
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“Bye Bye Birdie” cast members Josie Entwistle, Camden Novak, Mackennzie Anderson and Autumn Thomas rush to support Kim MacAfee, played by Payton Zaske, as she faints from excitement. Zaske’s character is the lucky fan chosen to get a kiss from...
Pride in the Park Draws Thousands for Celebration in Rapid City
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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June 29, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. — The finale to Pride Month in western South Dakota, Pride in the Park drew what organizers believe to be a record-breaking crowd to Memorial Park on Saturday. The event was organized by the Black Hills Center for Equality and is...
Trump Admin Agrees to Exempt Global AIDS Relief From Cuts, Urges Allies to Pull Weight
The Daily Signal - Washington D.C.
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July 15, 2025
The Trump administration has agreed to exempt a global AIDS-relief program from cuts in the rescissions package before the Senate this week, a senior administration official confirmed to The Daily Signal. The White House is working with other...
Rep. Johnson voted yes on the “big, beautiful” budget bill, but the bill is bad for South Dakota’s quality of life
The South Dakota Standard
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I may be best-known for my battles with pipeline companies, both Summit Carbon’s proposed carbon dioxide pipeline and the Dakota Access oil pipeline. I had the distinction of being named first in the landowners’ lawsuit against Summit’s efforts to...
'Tone Deaf' Kristi Noem Berated for Sharing Governor's Portrait Options As Texas Flood Rescue Efforts Continue
International Business Times
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July 7, 2025
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is being berated online after she turned to her followers to ask for their thoughts on potential governor's portraits amid rescue efforts for the deadly flash floods that struck Texas over the weekend. Noem...
South Dakota Legislature removes lawmaker addresses after killings
The Brookings Register - South Dakota
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By Makenzie HuberSouth Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — South Dakota legislative leaders recently ordered the removal of lawmakers’ home addresses from the Legislature’s website in response to the shootings of two lawmakers and their spouses in...
South Dakota lawmakers ask, why so many inmates?
KELO - South Dakota
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June 24, 2025
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- Some South Dakota lawmakers are trying to find out why so many men and women are in the state's overcrowded prisons. The Legislature's Initial Incarceration, Reentry Analysis, and Comparison of Relevant States Interim...
“Most Massive Transfer of Wealth Upward in American History”: John Nichols on Trump’s Budget Law
Democracy Now!
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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. President Donald Trump signed his sweeping tax and spend bill into law on July 4th,...
Rapid City Sports Complex Backed by Land and Power Plant
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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June 24, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D.— The Rapid City Sports Commission and Mayor Jason Salamun are continuing their push for a sports complex, now with a proposed location. During a press conference on location Mayor Salamun made a multi-project announcement being...
Rapid City Regional Airport continues record passenger growth
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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June 24, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. — The Rapid City Regional Airport continues to experience record numbers over previous years - a sure sign of the hills’ growing popularity and the accessibility of the Rapid City airport. “We are consistently experiencing record...
South Dakota’s Economy is Strong
More 95.5 - South Dakota
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MITCHELL, S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) A positive surprise on the regional economy with South Dakota showing strength. Creighton University’s monthly Rural Mainstreet Index turned in the strongest numbers in two years, in spite of tariffs hurting farm...
South Dakota eager for Trump's statue garden despite local opposition
ABC News - New York
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June 24, 2025
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Officials in South Dakota are pushing hard to build President Donald Trump 's proposed National Garden of American Heroes in the Black Hills near Mount Rushmore, but the effort has sparked a backlash from Indigenous groups who...
Supreme Court Ruling Clears Way For Online Pornography Restrictions In South Dakota
Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan - South Dakota
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A Friday decision by the U.S. Supreme Court set the stage for a law restricting access to online pornography to take effect Tuesday in South Dakota, but the ruling doesn’t shield the state from lawsuits. In Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, the...
Sioux Falls-Based Federal Prosecutor Awarded Attorney of the Year by the State Bar of South Dakota's Women in Law Committee
DGR News
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United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Diana Ryan, Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief of the Civil Division at the United States Attorney’s Office in South Dakota, has been awarded Attorney of the Year by the State Bar of...
Governor commits funding to revive training program for inmates
Custer County Chronicle - South Dakota
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South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden is giving new life to a training program for inmates that was shelved recently. “Being Open for Opportunity means investing in people and believing in second chances,” Rhoden said in a statement Monday, referencing a...
Rapid City honors women engineers for International Women in Engineering Day
Rapid City Journal - South Dakota
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Monday is International Women in Engineering Day, recognizing the contributions of women engineers worldwide. The day is established to raise the profile of women in engineering, promote their achievements in the field and recognize their...
Senate passes reconciliation bill with Vice President breaking tie
Central South Dakota News
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July 1, 2025
U.S. Senator Mike Rounds of South Dakota issued a statement following the Senate's passage of the reconciliation bill, which passed by a narrow vote of 51-50, with Vice President Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. "Last November, South Dakotans...
Kristi Noem Is Nearly Unrecognizable In Tasteless Governor's Portrait Post
The List
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July 7, 2025
If there's one thing Kristi Noem is obsessed with, it's herself. In an Instagram carousel, Donald Trump's controversial Homeland Security Secretary shared three separate paintings of herself riding a horse. The former governor of South Dakota...