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Cities With the Biggest Gender Pay Gap
Women's labor force participation has grown significantly in the last 70 years; while men still outnumber women in the workforce, the gap has narrowed considerably. More women than ever are pursuing h...
Dec 02, 2020
AAA: Memorial Day forecast points to sizzlin' summer travel season
The unofficial start to summer will be a busy one this year as AAA predicts 39.2 million people nationwide will travel 50 miles or more from home this Memorial Day weekend. This is an increase of 8.3%...
Jody Heemstra May 25, 2022
Jerry Lee Lewis, outrageous rock 'n' roll star, dies at 87
UNDATED (AP)- The untamable and often outrageous rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis has died at 87. Spokesperson Zach Furman said Lewis died Friday morning at his home in Memphis, Tennessee. Of all...
Jody Heemstra Oct 28, 2022 kait jarbeau / CC
Noem signs bill prohibiting state and local governments from doing business with six "evil" nations
MARCH 23, 2023: South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has signed (March 23, 2023) 13 more bills passed during the 2023 Legislative Session into law. SB 1 - Modifies debilitating medical conditions for can...
Jody Heemstra Mar 27, 2023
Many agriculture groups applaud Senate passage of USMCA; R-CALF USA disappointed with the deal
WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement after the Senate passed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) by a bipartisan vote of 89 - 10. "We've ...
Jody Heemstra Jan 17, 2020
Disrupting and Degrading - One Year of U.S. Sanctions on Russia and Its Enablers
he United States, along with an international coalition of over 30 allies and partners, has imposed sweeping sanctions, export controls, and other economic measures since the start of Russia's unprovo...
Jody Heemstra Feb 25, 2023
'That '70s Show' actor Danny Masterson gets 30 years to life in prison for rapes of 2 women
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023, UPDATE: LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge sentenced "That '70s Show" star Danny Masterson to 30 years to life in prison Thursday (Sept. 7, 2023) for the rapes of two women two de...
Jody Heemstra Sep 07, 2023 Oscar Rohena / CC
Is the center of the USA's population still in Missouri? US Census Bureau will release data next week
Next week (Nov. 16, 2021) the U.S. Census Bureau will announce where the U.S. center of population was in 2020, a way to summarize population shifts every decade. The colonial town of Chestertown, Mar...
Jody Heemstra Nov 12, 2021
Rural Mainstreet Economy Slows in August
August 2023 Survey Results at a Glance: After four straight months of above growth neutral readings, the Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) slumped to growth neutral, 50.0, in August. Farmland cash rents ar...
Jody Heemstra Aug 18, 2023
North Dakota lawmaker who insulted police in DUI stop gets unsupervised probation and $1,000 fine
JANUARY 19, 2024: BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A North Dakota lawmaker who insulted police with vulgar, homophobic and anti-migrant comments during an arrest last month for drunken driving was sentenced to s...
Jody Heemstra Jan 19, 2024