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Nebraska lawmakers advance climate change study
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers gave first round approval Tuesday to a measure that would launch a state review of climate change. Lawmakers voted 35-0 to advance the proposal by Sen. Ken Haar of Malcolm after a handful of lawmakers denounced...Tags: Environmental Issues, Ecosystems, Droughts, Agricultural Research and Technology, Justice System
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Immigration reform, border security benefits the beef industry
National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) members have made immigration reform one of the organization's key issues for my term as president, so I have been pleased to see our elected officials also take it up as a priority. Although we are a long...Tags: Migration, Immigration, Washington, DC, Career and Workplace, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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'I know it when I see it'
In the 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case Jacobellis v. Ohio, Justice Potter Stewart wrote a concurring opinion he hoped would establish a legal standard that protected every American's right to free speech yet guarded “community standards” against “hard core...Tags: Political Corruption, Orrin Hatch, Government Debt, Economic Indicator, Politics
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Magistrate court hearings will need new location
With renovations slated for the Aberdeen Municipal Building starting in fall, 5th Judicial Circuit officials wonder if the county would be willing to provide space for magistrate court hearings. The community room, in the basement of the Brown...Tags: Memorial Day, Trials, Highway Transportation, Safety of Citizens, Emergency Incidents
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Legislators question funding for teaching program
Several legislators and education lobbyists made clear Tuesday they don’t think Teach For America should have received $250,000 from the Legislature for the coming school year. James Curran, the national nonprofit organization’s executive...Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Phyllis Heineman, Teachers, Government Aid, Jim Bradford
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UPDATED: South Dakota's Stephanie Herseth Sandlin will not run for U.S. Senate seat
Former South Dakota U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin said Monday she will not seek the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Tim Johnson, removing herself from a contest expected to play a key role in determining which party controls the...Tags: Olympia J. Snowe, Lawyers, U.S. Senate, Justice System, Politics
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City council candidate hopes to help Aberdeen grow
Davin Johnson, a 31-year-old Aberdeen man who was a member of the South Dakota National Guard for nine years, is running for a seat on the Aberdeen City Council. Johnson is running for one of the two spots that will open next month on the City Council....Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Ceremonies, Awards and Prizes, Culture, Local Elections
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COLUMN: Watergate's lesson forgotten
Washington Post Writers Group"He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavored to . . . cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be initiated or conducted in a discriminatory...Tags: Tea Party Movement, The New York Times, George Will, Personal Income, Jay Carney
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Minn. Senate OKs gay marriage; governor to sign
The Minnesota Senate voted Monday to make gay marriage legal, the last legislative step before Gov. Mark Dayton’s promised signature will make the state the 12th in the U.S. to do so. The Senate vote of 37-30 came four days after the House passed...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Marriage, Family, Executive Branch, Politics
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Hildreth Marie Venegas
Funeral service for Hildreth Marie Venegas, 93, of Sisseton was held on Friday, April 19, 2013, at 10 a.m. at the Tribal Community Center, Agency Village with the Rev. Charles Chan, the Rev. Vern Donnell, Deacon Vernon Cloud, and Senior Catechist John...
Tags: Family, U.S. Senate, American Lung Association, U.S. Army, Politics
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SD farmers get spring planting break from governor
South Dakota farmers are being allowed to move over-wide fertilizer application vehicles on roads during nighttime hours through the rest of the month. Gov. Dennis Daugaard has issued an executive order extending the hours of travel in response to the...Tags: Executive Branch, Dennis Daugaard, Politics
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Notebook: New regent has long record of working for a better state
There must be gray in your hair, at least at the roots, if you can remember when Bob Sutton wasn’t involved in public affairs in South Dakota. Sutton is only 44, but it seems like he’s been around forever getting things done. His latest role...Tags: Education, Executive Branch, Citigroup Incorporated, Dennis Daugaard, Colleges and Universities
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