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Jerauld County aging and government aid dependency trends in 2022
Central South Dakota News
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July 5, 2025
In 2022, Jerauld County received $29.7 million in government transfer payments, equivalent to $18,017 per capita. These payments—which include Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and income maintenance—accounted for 24.7% of all personal income...
Custer non-profit offers free respites to wounded veterans and their families
KOTA Territory News - South Dakota
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July 4, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Operation Black Hills Cabin is a Custer-based non-profit hosting wounded veterans and their families at a cabin each week. The week-long respite is free for each qualifying family. More than 40 Custer-area businesses chip...
2022: Comparing aging and government transfer dependency in Spink County since 1970
Northeast South Dakota News
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July 5, 2025
In 2022, Spink County received $112.6 million in government transfer payments, equivalent to $18,057 per capita. These payments—which include Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and income maintenance—accounted for 20.8% of all personal income in...
'One Big Beautiful Bill' signed by Trump into law
Madhyamam
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July 5, 2025
Washington: The "One Big Beautiful Bill" was signed into law by US President Donald Trump during the White House's Independence Day ceremony. This happened a day after the House of Representatives approved President Trump's landmark legislation....
Governor Rhoden and colleagues urge Congress to remove AI provision from One, Big, Beautiful Bill
KSDN - South Dakota
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June 27, 2025
PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – On Friday, Governor Larry Rhoden and 16 fellow governors wrote Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, urging them to strip a provision from the One, Big, Beautiful Bill that would ban...
Senate scrambles to advance "big, beautiful bill" amid shifting deadline
CBS News
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Washington — Republicans' goal of sending President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" to his desk within the next week appears to be on shaky ground as the legislation runs into obstacles in the Senate, with changes that risk bleeding GOP support in...
Senator Rounds invite President Trump to Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
KSDN - South Dakota
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June 27, 2025
Posted on June 27, 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 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) Friday sent an invitation to...
Trump signs ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ into law at Independence Day event
Telengana Today
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July 5, 2025
President Donald Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” into law during the Independence Day celebrations at the White House. The bill includes major tax and spending cuts, along with border security investments. Trump hailed it as a “new...
The Senate Will Always Jam the House
Political Wire
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July 4, 2025
Punchbowl News: “After the House just barely passed the initial version of reconciliation in May, Johnson pleaded with Thune publicly and privately to resist changing the bill too much, pointing to his razor-thin vote margin.” “Sure, Thune...
Trump signs 'One Big Beautiful Bill' into law
The Hans India
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July 5, 2025
Washington: US President Donald Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” into law during the Independence Day ceremony at the White House. This came a day after the House of Representatives passed the bill, giving final approval to President...
RECA becomes law as part of 'big, beautiful bill'
KOAT 7 - New Mexico
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July 5, 2025
CRITICAL CONDITION. IT’S THE BIGGEST BILL OF ITS TYPE IN HISTORY. A MAJOR MOMENT IN WASHINGTON TODAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNING THE ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL INTO LAW, SURROUNDED BY REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET. THE NEARLY...
Senate to vote on Trump's war powers as lawmakers get delayed Iran briefing Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine is forcing a vote on a resolution he introduced days before the U.S. bombed Iran. Read More »
Yahoo News
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Washington — The Senate is expected to vote Friday on whether to block President Trump from using further military force against Iran, as Democratic anger festers over the lack of details from the administration about the recent strikes on the...
Senate to vote on Trump's war powers today as lawmakers get delayed Iran briefing
CBS News
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Washington — The Senate is expected to vote Friday on whether to block President Trump from using further military force against Iran, as Democratic anger festers over the lack of details from the administration about the recent strikes on the...
Senate votes down measure restricting Trump from military action in Iran
CBS News
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Washington — The Senate on Friday voted down an effort to block President Trump from using further military force against Iran, as Democratic anger festers over the lack of details about the recent strikes on the country's nuclear facilities. The...
Senate Parliamentarian Deals Another Big Blow to 'Big, Beautiful Bill' - But There's Something Trump Can Do About It
The Western Journal
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June 26, 2025
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has declared war on major elements of President Donald Trump’s spending bill, but there are ways the White House can hit back and keep the legislation moving forward. Punchbowl reporter Laura Weiss...
Senate Republicans push bill to prevent family tax hikes
Northeast South Dakota News
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June 25, 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 addressed the Senate floor today, emphasizing the...
Senate Parliamentarian Rejects GOP Reconciliation Bill’s Anti-Abortion Provision
Truthout
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June 26, 2025
Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. The Senate parliamentarian has rejected a provision in the Republican reconciliation package that...
New law banning foreign ownership of Texas land goes into effect Sept. 1
The Black Chronicle - Oklahoma
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July 4, 2025
(The Center Square) – As foreign espionage threats continue in the U.S. and in Texas, a new bill becomes law Sept. 1 that prohibits foreign ownership of Texas land. SB 17, filed by state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, passed the Texas legislature...
What's common between a leopard in a furnace and mammoth's leg? This unusual Art Zoo museum
The Economic Times
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July 20, 2025
AMSTERDAM -- Eva Krook stood inside a canal mansion in Amsterdam last year, nervously awaiting news about a lost Tyrannosaurus rex. Krook had received a phone call from Italy informing her that there had been a mix-up with four crates in which the...
GOP Governors Mum as Congress Moves To Slash Medicaid Spending for Their States
KHN
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July 3, 2025
Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News The last time a Republican-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump moved to slash Medicaid spending, in 2017, a key political force stood in their way: GOP governors. Now, as Congress steamrolls toward passing...