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2023 South Dakota Legislative Session update by District 24 Senator Jim Mehlhaff
2023 SD Legislative Session - Week 9, It's a Wrap by Jim Mehlhaff, District 24 Senator (March 13, 2023). Well my first legislative session as your District 24 Senator is a wrap. Though I experienced s...
Jody Heemstra Mar 14, 2023
The wait for US passports is creating travel purgatory and snarling summer plans
WASHINGTON (AP) - A much-feared backup of U.S. passport applications has snarled summer plans for would-be travelers around the world. Somewhere around March, people who thought they were renewing or ...
Jody Heemstra Jul 06, 2023
States with the largest homeless populations
On any given night during the cold month of January, over 568,000 experience the fear and discomfort of homelessness. While homelessness rates fell between 2007 and 2019, the problem has started to in...
Dec 09, 2020
Cities With the Most Remote-Friendly Jobs
In a nationwide effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, millions of Americans have transitioned to remote work. An impending vaccine may leave many wondering whether the influx of remote work will rece...
Dec 08, 2020
Cities With the Most Physically Demanding Jobs
The COVID-19 pandemic is responsible for the largest wave of job losses since the Great Depression. The mass layoffs caused by social distancing regulations have brought new meaning to the term "...
Nov 13, 2020
States with the most snow-related driving fatalities
Travel has been severely impacted by COVID-19. As the holiday season approaches, those who do plan a trip will likely take to the roads rather than the air, in part, to avoid crowds of people. Even th...
Nov 12, 2020
USMEF Conference Concludes with Focus on Korea, Officer Elections
The U.S. Meat Export Federation Strategic Planning Conference and Board of Directors Meeting, held Nov. 10-12, 2021, in Carlsbad, Calif., wrapped up with a session focused on U.S. red meat's remarkabl...
Jody Heemstra Nov 17, 2021
Youth environmentalists bring Montana climate case to trial after 12 years, seeking to set precedent
JUNE 12, 2023, UPDATE: HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Youth plaintiffs say warming temperatures are harming their health and threatening their futures as a closely-watched climate trial kicks in Montana. But a ...
Jody Heemstra Jun 12, 2023 Clyde Robinson / CC
Tribal activists reject the Nevada mine Biden hails as a key to clean energy
OROVADA, Nevada (AP) - A huge lithium mine under construction in northern Nevada is at the center of a dispute over President Joe Biden's clean energy agenda. The administration says the mine will pro...
Jody Heemstra Jun 20, 2023 U.S. Department of Energy
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