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Biden administration is slow to act as millions are booted off Medicaid, advocates say
WASHINGTON (AP) - Error-ridden state reviews have purged millions of the poorest Americans from the Medicaid program in recent months. Poverty experts are questioning if the Biden administration is do...
Jody Heemstra Nov 14, 2023 Free Dental Photos / CC
Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington
DECEMBER 2023: WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden pardoned thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia, the Whi...
Jody Heemstra Dec 23, 2023 jlhervàs / CC
Western Legacy Development Corporation receives positive response from public meetings
JULY 19, 2022: The CEO of Western Legacy Development Corporation says they received a warm welcome during public information meetings held recently in Wall (June 30, 2022) and Rapid City (July 11, 202...
Jody Heemstra Jul 19, 2022
Smoke from distant fires expected to continue following weather patterns moving it in and out of South Dakota
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023: The past few months have seen air quality alerts being issued for areas across South Dakota where smoke from Canadian wildfires sporadically settles in. State Fire Meteorologist Dr....
Jody Heemstra Sep 08, 2023
Wheat organizations welcome reopening of US-Mexico border rail crossings
DECEMBER 22, 2023: U.S. Wheat Associates and the National Association of Wheat Growers are pleased that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency reopened rail crossings in El Paso and Eagle Point...
Jody Heemstra Dec 22, 2023 Izumi LaCorte / Unsplash
Human remains have likely been recovered from the Titan submersible wreckage, US Coast Guard says
JUNE 28, 2023, UPDATE: PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Human remains have likely been recovered from the wreckage of the submersible that imploded during an underwater voyage to view the Titanic, the U.S. Coas...
Jody Heemstra Jun 29, 2023
Prince Harry will attend father's coronation, Meghan won't
APRIL 25, 2023: LONDON (AP) - Buckingham Palace says Prince Harry will attend the Coronation service of his father, King Charles III, at Westminster Abbey on May 6, 2023. This ends months of speculati...
Jody Heemstra Apr 25, 2023 Bruce Detorres
Biden pardons National Thanksgiving Turkeys while marking his 81st birthday with jokes about his age
NOVEMBER 20, 2023, UPDATE: WASHINGTON (AP) - Turkeys Liberty and Bell have new appreciation for the phrase, "Let freedom ring." The Thanksgiving birds played their part Monday (Nov. 20, 2023...
Jody Heemstra Nov 20, 2023
Handpicked numbers were the golden ticket to the $1.13B Mega Millions jackpot in New Jersey
MARCH 27, 2024, UPDATE: NEPTUNE, N.J. (AP) - Someone in New Jersey who bought a single ticket overcame the odds Tuesday night (March 26, 2024) and won the $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot, breaking...
Jody Heemstra Mar 27, 2024
American Farm Bureau annual survey shows Thanksgiving dinner cost down from 2022, but still high relative to recent years
As Americans prepare for Thanksgiving, they'll see some relief in food prices for their Thanksgiving dinner. In the American Farm Bureau Federation's 38th annual Thanksgiving dinner survey, we find th...
Jody Heemstra Nov 21, 2023