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IPPA President Sets Goals

Southwest Iowa producer Dennis Liljedahl is the new President for the Iowa Pork Producers Association. He says two key issues…

SD Department of Transportation to Get Full Federal Funding

The budget passed by Congress just before Christmas answered a lot of questions for many state agencies.

Wary of Covid-19 Variants

Variants of the Covid-19 virus have now been detected in over thirty states.

Native Schools Bill Defeated in the South Dakota Senate

A bill that would have set up four K – 12 schools in majority native American areas failed in the South Dakota Senate Monday.

Waterways Council Wants Funding For 15 Inland Projects

The Waterways Council which is part of the Rebuild Rural Coalition sent a letter to the Biden administration asking that…

PLC Says President’s Conservation Executive Order Uncertain

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that directs the Interior Department to outline steps to achieve the administration’s…

Nebraska Cattlemen Association Sets State Legislative Goals

The Board of Directors of the Nebraska Cattlemen Association has prioritized their state legislative goals for 2021. Cattlemen Vice President…

Looking for Unity in DC

South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson says executive actions by President Biden and democrats ramming bills through Congress isn’t a definition of unity

Changes at the Yankton CVB

Kasi Haberman, the Director of the Yankton Convention and Visitors Bureau is leaving.

SD House Committee Rejects Call for Constitutional Convention

The South Dakota House State Affairs Committee held a hearing Monday on HJR 5001 that would call for a Constitutional Convention of the states

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