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Biden awards $7 billion for 'clean hydrogen' hubs in Minnesota, six other states to help replace fossil fuels
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration has selected clean-energy projects from Pennsylvania to California for a $7 billion program to kickstart development and production of hydrogen fuel. That's ...
Jody Heemstra Oct 13, 2023 California Energy Commission / CC
New cars are supposed to be getting safer. So why are fatalities on the rise?
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Government test data shows new passenger vehicles in the U.S. are extremely safe, but roadway deaths are steadily rising. Some of the biggest increases are deaths of pedestrian...
Jody Heemstra Sep 29, 2023 Emran Kassim / CC
More Americans think foreign policy should be a top US priority for 2024, an AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) - In this time of war overseas, more Americans think foreign policy should be a top U.S. priority for 2024. That's according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Publi...
Jody Heemstra Jan 02, 2024
Pilots flying tourists over national parks face new rules. None are stricter than at Mount Rushmore
UNDATED (AP)- Fewer airplanes and helicopters will be flying tourists over Mount Rushmore and other national monuments and parks as new regulations take effect that are intended to protect the serenit...
Jody Heemstra Dec 04, 2023
WOTUS veto override fails in Congress
APRIL 20, 2023: The House of Representatives was unsuccessful in getting enough votes to override President Biden's veto of legislation undoing a rule defining the Clean Water Act's jurisdiction. The ...
Jody Heemstra Apr 20, 2023 PRSA-NY / CC
Swedlund, Estes First-Team Girls All-State; Knippling, Aesoph, Sawinsky On Third Team
SIOUX FALLS - Central South Dakotans are part of the South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association All-State Girls Basketball Teams, released Friday. Senior guard Bella Swedlund of Winner is first team ...
Mar 25, 2022 popo.uw23
Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden's climate law will help, AP-NORC poll finds
UNDATED (AP)- A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that 45% of U.S. adults say they have become more concerned about climate change over the past year. That i...
Jody Heemstra Apr 18, 2024
Japan is giving Washington 250 new cherry trees to replace those to be lost in construction work
APRIL 10, 2024: WASHINGTON (AP) - Japan is giving the United States 250 new cherry trees to help replace the hundreds that are being ripped out this summer as construction crews work to repair the cru...
Jody Heemstra Apr 11, 2024
14 GOP-led states-- including South Dakota-- have turned down federal money to feed low-income kids in the summer
UNDATED (AP)- Most Republican governors turned down federal money to provide grocery help for low-income families with school-age kids over the summer. While governors often complain about the program...
Jody Heemstra Feb 16, 2024 Pictures of Money / CC
6 former Mississippi law officers sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men
APRIL 10, 2024: BRANDON, Miss. (AP) - Already sentenced to many years in federal prison, six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal ch...
Jody Heemstra Apr 10, 2024