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Thune, Johnson Lead Bipartisan Bill to Protect U.S. Agriculture Exports

By Rushmore State News Report | May 18, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) today led a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers in introducing the Safeguarding American Value-Added Exports (SAVE) Act, legislation to protect American food products from unfair trade practices by foreign countries.

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Statement Regarding Montana Supreme Court Decision Lowering Standard Of Care For Women Seeking Abortions

By Rushmore State News Report | May 18, 2023

Statement from Montana Department of Justice regarding the state Supreme Court decision in Weems v. State of Montana:

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Gov. Noem Celebrates National Travel and Tourism Week

By Rushmore State News Report | May 18, 2023

On May 10, Governor Kristi Noem celebrated National Travel and Tourism Week.

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Rounds Questions Former SVB CEO on Second-Largest Bank Failure in U.S. History

By Rushmore State News Report | May 17, 2023

U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, today questioned Gregory Becker, the former CEO of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). The collapse of SVB was the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history and the largest since the 2007-2008 financial crisis.

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Thune: Reckless, Out-of-Control Government Spending Must End

By Rushmore State News Report | May 17, 2023

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about the need to reform federal spending and the risk of the growing national debt. Thune noted that the interest on the debt will exceed spending on key programs like national defense, Medicare, and Social Security in the next few decades. He also outlined how the debt ceiling has historically provided an opportunity to agree to spending reforms and urged President Biden to get serious about negotiating with Speaker McCarthy and House Republicans.

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Thune: Biden’s Border Crisis Turns Into Full-Blown Catastrophe

By Rushmore State News Report | May 17, 2023

U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about the Biden administration’s decision to end the use of pandemic-era Title 42 authorities without any meaningful replacement. Thune noted that President Biden has the authority to address the crisis at the southern border, but he has simply chosen not to act. Title 42 has played an essential role in preventing the crisis at the border from becoming a full-blown catastrophe, and once it is lifted, the administration is expecting up to 13,000 illegal crossings per day – nearly doubling the recent average.

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Attorney General Marty Jackley Says No Foul Play, No Threat to Public After Discovery of Body In Lincoln County

By Rushmore State News Report | May 16, 2023

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that no foul play is suspected and that there is no threat to the public after a male body was found Tuesday in rural Lincoln County.

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Thune Discusses Dangers of Supersized Tax Enforcement Agency

By Rushmore State News Report | May 16, 2023

U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Taxation and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Oversight, today discussed the Democrats’ plan to supersize the Internal Revenue Service’s enforcement arm while disproportionately funding customer service-related functions at the agency.

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Thune, Risch Reintroduce Bill to Release Afghanistan Dissent Cable

By Rushmore State News Report | May 16, 2023

U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today reintroduced a bill to require the U.S. State Department to release a public, unclassified version of the July 13, 2021, internal dissent channel cable that reportedly warned of the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan and the Taliban’s ability to capture Kabul.

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Rounds, Cornyn and Colleagues Introduce Bill to Reform Security Classification System

By Rushmore State News Report | May 16, 2023

U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), John Cornyn (R-Texas) and eight of their Senate colleagues introduced the Sensible Classification Act of 2023. This bipartisan legislation would increase accountability and oversight of the classification system, limit overclassification and direct federal agencies to justify security clearance requirements.

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Rounds, Manchin Call for Increased Accountability of China’s Role in Opioid Crisis

By Rushmore State News Report | May 15, 2023

U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) sent a bipartisan letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the Department of State to hold the People’s Republic of China (PRC) accountable for its role in the illegal trafficking of synthetic opioid drugs. China is the primary source of the precursor chemicals, which are then processed and manufactured into synthetic opioids by Mexican drug cartels to bring into the United States.

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Thune: The Ball is in Biden’s Court

By Rushmore State News Report | May 15, 2023

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about President Biden’s refusal to negotiate a debt ceiling deal with Speaker McCarthy. Thune noted that if the president continues to reject compromise, something he used to embrace during previous debt ceiling negotiations, he is going to be solely responsible for the economic crisis that follows.

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AG Jackley: Eligible South Dakotans to Benefit from Turbo Tax Settlement

By Rushmore State News Report | May 14, 2023

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that 14,338 eligible South Dakotans will receive checks this month as part of a multi-state settlement with Turbo Tax’s owner Intuit.

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Gov. Noem Recognizes Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Day

By Rushmore State News Report | May 14, 2023

Governor Noem recognizes on May 5 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Day. It is a day to remember all indigenous people who have lost their lives and are missing in South Dakota.

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Thune-Klobuchar Bill Would Expand Sodsaver Initiative

By Rushmore State News Report | May 14, 2023

U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today introduced the American Prairie Conservation Act. This bipartisan legislation would disincentivize the conversion of native sod to cropland by closing a crop insurance yield substitution loophole in all 50 states. Sodsaver, which has been implemented in South Dakota, Minnesota, and other prairie pothole states, is a cost-saving initiative that reduces incentives without preventing farmers from converting native sod to cropland. Farmers who choose to break up native sod and convert it to cropland face a reduction in crop insurance premium subsidy assistance and a reduction in guaranteed yields of insured crops.

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$32.5 Million in Broadband Funding Announced

By Rushmore State News Report | May 13, 2023

Governor Kristi Noem and the Governor’s Office of Economic Development announced the latest ConnectSD broadband gran

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Shane Penfield Named Prosecutor of the Year

By Rushmore State News Report | May 13, 2023

The South Dakota State’s Attorneys Association has named Shane Penfield as the Prosecutor of the Year.

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Thune, King Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Confront China’s Exploitation of WTO Trade Status

By Rushmore State News Report | May 13, 2023

U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Angus King (I-Maine) today reintroduced a resolution that confronts China’s self-designation status as a developing country at the World Trade Organization (WTO).

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Rounds, Manchin Call for Increased Accountability of China’s Role in Opioid Crisis

By Rushmore State News Report | May 13, 2023

U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) sent a bipartisan letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the Department of State to hold the People’s Republic of China (PRC) accountable for its role in the illegal trafficking of synthetic opioid drugs. China is the primary source of the precursor chemicals, which are then processed and manufactured into synthetic opioids by Mexican drug cartels to bring into the United States.

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Analysis: South Dakota among 25 states not part of 'hyper-partisan' voter data group, study finds

By Rushmore State News Report | May 12, 2023

South Dakota is among 25 states that have resigned from or are not members of a national voter data group accused of partisanship in its work to expand voter rolls and lacking in transparency, an analysis by the Rushmore State News found.