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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...
Senate kills ban on AI regulation as it pulls tax bill all-nighter
Yahoo Finance
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(Bloomberg) -- Senate Republican leaders continue to scrounge for votes to pass Donald Trump’s $3.3 trillion tax and spending bill as lingering intraparty fights threaten to upend the legislative centerpiece of the president’s domestic agenda....
Senate’s Long Day Turns To Night as GOP Works To Pass Trump’s Big Bill
The Intelligencer - West Virginia
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Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., speaks to reporters outside the Senate chamber as Republicans begin a final push to advance President Donald Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts package, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 30, 2025. (AP...
Senate tries to overcome infighting to pass Trump's $3.3tn bill
BDNews24
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US Senate Republicans on Monday evening were still trying to pass President Donald Trump'ssweeping tax-cut and spending bill, despite divisions within the party about its expected $3.3 trillion hit to the nation's debt pile. Senators were voting...
ISU research IDs ‘legal deserts’ in 18 Iowa counties
Radio Iowa
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July 7, 2025
Researchers at Iowa State University have classified 18 of Iowa’s 99 counties as “legal deserts” because there are not enough attorneys in the area to represent private clients. ISU rural sociologist David Peters led the research, which found Lee...
Senate tries to overcome vote-a-rama, infighting to pass Trump's $3.3 trillion bill
The Economic Times
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June 30, 2025
U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday evening were still trying to pass President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill, despite divisions within the party about its expected $3.3 trillion hit to the nation's debt pile. Senators were...
Senators hunker down for votes on Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts
WBAL - Maryland
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June 30, 2025
Senators hunkered down Monday to consider proposed amendments to President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts amid challenges including the weekend announcement from one GOP senator that he won’t run for reelection after...
Senators hunker down on Capitol Hill for a long day of votes on Trump’s big bill
FOX 2 Detroit - Michigan
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03 October 2024, USA, Washington: The dome of the US Capitol. Photo: Valerie Plesch/dpa (Photo by Valerie Plesch/picture alliance via Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators hunkered down Monday to consider proposed amendments to President Donald...
Senate Republicans face infighting as vote nears on Trump’s $3.3 trillion bill
Financial Express
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U.S. Senate Republicans were trying to pass President Donald Trump‘s sweeping tax-cut and spending bill on Monday, despite divisions within the party about its expected $3.3 trillion hit to the nation’s debt pile. In a marathon session, senators...
Nebraska’s Pillen Among 17 Republican Governors To Oppose Congressional AI Moratorium
Omaha Daily Record - Nebraska
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July 7, 2025
LINCOLN — As the federal “one big beautiful bill” continues to move through Congress, one provision related to AI that Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen and 16 other Republican governors opposed has been removed, at least for now. The ever-changing federal...
Thune discusses GOP bill's impact on South Dakota's economy
Northeast South Dakota News
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June 23, 2025
Senator John Thune, US Senator for South Dakota | Official U.S. Senate headshotSenator John Thune, US Senator for South Dakota | Official U.S. Senate headshot U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) addressed the Senate floor today,...
Governor Rhoden’s property tax bill goes into law Tuesday
Hub City Radio - South Dakota
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June 30, 2025
Posted on June 30, 2025 by - KSDN News, Local News, Pheasant Country News, Point 106.7 News, Pure Country News, Sunny 97.7 News, The Reason 94.5 News, The Rock News PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) –On Tuesday, Governor Larry Rhoden’s bill to address...
How many South Dakotans could lose health insurance if tax bill passes?
Argus Leader - South Dakota
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Roughly 20,000 people in South Dakota could become uninsured if the legislation President Donald Trump has dubbed the "big, beautiful bill" is passed and the expanded tax credits under the Affordable Care Act are allowed to expire, a report by a...
Mobile Legal Aid Clinic, The ‘Justice Bus,’ Launches In SD
Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan - South Dakota
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A nonprofit providing legal aid to low-income South Dakotans launched the state’s first mobile legal aid office this year, aiming to increase accessibility across the state. Swaths of western South Dakota are considered legal deserts, where...
Senators hunker down for long day of votes on Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending...
Journal News - Ohio
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"It's time to vote," said Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota, as the chamber opened. But later he suggested final action could slip. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said the “hardest choices" for Republicans are...
Do all inmates in South Dakota get released into the community where the prison is located?
South Dakota News Watch
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June 24, 2025
Inmates who are released from the South Dakota prison system are released in the community where they were sentenced or the city of their choice. According to South Dakota law, released inmates receive transportation to the place "where the inmate...
Jump Rope Takes Center Stage At Sioux Falls Championship
KXRB 1140 AM/100.1 FM - South Dakota
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June 24, 2025
Remember the childhood rhyme about "Cinderella Dressed in Yellow...? Jumping rope is such a big part of American childhood. Well, okay, it might be an international thing, but I can only tell you about childhood in my part of the world, and in my...
BRIDGES: The rise of televangelism in presidential politics
Walton Tribune - Georgia
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The recent passing of Jimmy Swaggart sent my mind back to 1988. Swaggart was one of a group of televangelists during that time that gained national fame through their televisions and radio shows. Their supporters numbered in the millions. While...
Senate Dems Deploy ‘Nuclear Option’ In Fruitless Effort To Tank Trump’s Bill
The Daily Caller
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June 30, 2025
Senate Democrats went nuclear Monday morning in an effort to prevent Republicans from enacting a permanent extension of President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts. Senate Democrats moved to overrule the presiding chair’s ruling that Senate Republicans...
New South Dakota Law: Drivers Must Move Over Or Pay Up!
97.3 KKRC - South Dakota
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June 24, 2025
Starting July 1, 2025, South Dakota drivers face stricter penalties for failing to move over for emergency and service vehicles. The enhanced "Move Over" law aims to protect first responders, road crews, and motorists by requiring specific actions...