The threat of a federal government shutdown suddenly lifted late Saturday night as President Biden signed a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open with little time to spare after Congress rushed to approve the bipartisan deal. The eleventh-hour package approved by Congress earlier Saturday drops aid to Ukraine, a White House priority opposed by a growing number of GOP lawmakers. However, it increases federal disaster assistance by $16 billion, meeting Biden’s full request. The bill funds the government until Nov. 17, meaning the reprieve may be short-lived. After chaotic days of...…The threat of a federal government shutdown suddenly lifted late Saturday night as President Biden signed a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open with little time to spare after Congress rushed to approve the bipartisan deal. The eleventh-hour package approved by Congress earlier Saturday drops aid to Ukraine, a White House priority opposed by a growing number of GOP lawmakers. However, it increases federal disaster assistance by $16 billion, meeting Biden’s full request. The bill funds the government until Nov. 17, meaning the reprieve may be short-lived. After chaotic days of...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/south-dakota-ne-state-wire-us-news-ap-top-news-virus-outbreak-db42b45724befc83b2371450f149c711Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/south-dakota-ne-state-wire-us-news-ap-top-news-virus-outbreak-db42b45724befc83b2371450f149c711Click to copyRelated topicsSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — When Martha Kebede’s adult sons immigrated from Ethiopia and reunited with her in South Dakota this year, they had few work opportunities. Lacking English skills, the brothers took jobs at Smithfield Foods’ Sioux Falls pork plant, grueling and increasingly risky work as the...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/south-dakota-ne-state-wire-us-news-ap-top-news-virus-outbreak-db42b45724befc83b2371450f149c711Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/south-dakota-ne-state-wire-us-news-ap-top-news-virus-outbreak-db42b45724befc83b2371450f149c711Click to copyRelated topicsSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — When Martha Kebede’s adult sons immigrated from Ethiopia and reunited with her in South Dakota this year, they had few work opportunities. Lacking English skills, the brothers took jobs at Smithfield Foods’ Sioux Falls pork plant, grueling and increasingly risky work as the...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/legislature-lobbying-south-dakota-legislation-kristi-noem-ea2447e3a06b7c11f7ab4f16a56d6f03Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/legislature-lobbying-south-dakota-legislation-kristi-noem-ea2447e3a06b7c11f7ab4f16a56d6f03Click to copyRelated topicsSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem initially appeared eager to deliver a win to social conservatives on a top, culture war issue.Just minutes after the GOP-led state legislature passed participating in women’s sports leagues, the Republican governor fired off a tweet declaring herself “excited...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/legislature-lobbying-south-dakota-legislation-kristi-noem-ea2447e3a06b7c11f7ab4f16a56d6f03Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/legislature-lobbying-south-dakota-legislation-kristi-noem-ea2447e3a06b7c11f7ab4f16a56d6f03Click to copyRelated topicsSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem initially appeared eager to deliver a win to social conservatives on a top, culture war issue.Just minutes after the GOP-led state legislature passed participating in women’s sports leagues, the Republican governor fired off a tweet declaring herself “excited...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/legislature-sioux-falls-south-dakota-kristi-noem-college-sports-3a82a53aa023f3e72dcc55566caeff1dClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/legislature-sioux-falls-south-dakota-kristi-noem-college-sports-3a82a53aa023f3e72dcc55566caeff1dClick to copyRelated topicsSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem on Friday suggested language changes in a bill to ban transgender girls and women from participating in girls’ or women’s sports leagues to limit the ban to high school and elementary schools, excluding college sports from the...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/legislature-sioux-falls-south-dakota-kristi-noem-college-sports-3a82a53aa023f3e72dcc55566caeff1dClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/legislature-sioux-falls-south-dakota-kristi-noem-college-sports-3a82a53aa023f3e72dcc55566caeff1dClick to copyRelated topicsSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem on Friday suggested language changes in a bill to ban transgender girls and women from participating in girls’ or women’s sports leagues to limit the ban to high school and elementary schools, excluding college sports from the...WW…

TRENDING:AdvertisementFollow UsAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementQuestion of the DayAdvertisementPIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Monday said she will sign a bill to bar transgender girls and women from participating in female sports leagues.However, whether it ultimately takes effect in the state will likely be decided in federal court. No transgender girl or woman currently plays in a female sports league in South Dakota, according to the high school athletics association.“I’m excited to sign this bill very soon,” Noem tweeted minutes after it passed in...…TRENDING:AdvertisementFollow UsAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementQuestion of the DayAdvertisementPIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Monday said she will sign a bill to bar transgender girls and women from participating in female sports leagues.However, whether it ultimately takes effect in the state will likely be decided in federal court. No transgender girl or woman currently plays in a female sports league in South Dakota, according to the high school athletics association.“I’m excited to sign this bill very soon,” Noem tweeted minutes after it passed in...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/jason-ravnsborg-charged-3-misdemanors-192acb129ad9cf2c901f9d26a2ba7e11Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/jason-ravnsborg-charged-3-misdemanors-192acb129ad9cf2c901f9d26a2ba7e11Click to copyRelated topicsPIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Republican attorney general was charged Thursday with three misdemeanors for striking and killing a man with his car last summer, avoiding more serious felony charges in a case that raised questions about how the state’s top law enforcement official first reported the crash.Jason Ravnsborg could face up to 30 days in...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/jason-ravnsborg-charged-3-misdemanors-192acb129ad9cf2c901f9d26a2ba7e11Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/jason-ravnsborg-charged-3-misdemanors-192acb129ad9cf2c901f9d26a2ba7e11Click to copyRelated topicsPIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Republican attorney general was charged Thursday with three misdemeanors for striking and killing a man with his car last summer, avoiding more serious felony charges in a case that raised questions about how the state’s top law enforcement official first reported the crash.Jason Ravnsborg could face up to 30 days in...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/jason-ravnsborg-charged-3-misdemanors-192acb129ad9cf2c901f9d26a2ba7e11Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/jason-ravnsborg-charged-3-misdemanors-192acb129ad9cf2c901f9d26a2ba7e11Click to copyRelated topicsPIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Republican attorney general was charged Thursday with three misdemeanors for striking and killing a man with his car last summer, avoiding more serious felony charges in a case that raised questions about how the state’s top law enforcement official first reported the crash.Jason Ravnsborg could face up to 30 days in...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/jason-ravnsborg-charged-3-misdemanors-192acb129ad9cf2c901f9d26a2ba7e11Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/jason-ravnsborg-charged-3-misdemanors-192acb129ad9cf2c901f9d26a2ba7e11Click to copyRelated topicsPIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Republican attorney general was charged Thursday with three misdemeanors for striking and killing a man with his car last summer, avoiding more serious felony charges in a case that raised questions about how the state’s top law enforcement official first reported the crash.Jason Ravnsborg could face up to 30 days in...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/constitutions-south-dakota-recreational-marijuana-marijuana-kristi-noem-c990e08307ca5016d789f7504cb6e7e6Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/constitutions-south-dakota-recreational-marijuana-marijuana-kristi-noem-c990e08307ca5016d789f7504cb6e7e6Click to copyRelated topicsPIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota judge on Monday struck down a voter-approved constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana after Gov. Kristi Noem’s administration challenged it.Circuit Judge Christina Klinger ruled the measure approved by voters in November violated...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/constitutions-south-dakota-recreational-marijuana-marijuana-kristi-noem-c990e08307ca5016d789f7504cb6e7e6Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/constitutions-south-dakota-recreational-marijuana-marijuana-kristi-noem-c990e08307ca5016d789f7504cb6e7e6Click to copyRelated topicsPIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota judge on Monday struck down a voter-approved constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana after Gov. Kristi Noem’s administration challenged it.Circuit Judge Christina Klinger ruled the measure approved by voters in November violated...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-south-dakota-pierre-elections-9d222929b080274c98232f3fd2179f33Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-south-dakota-pierre-elections-9d222929b080274c98232f3fd2179f33Click to copyRelated topicsPIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Longtime South Dakota Republican voter Jim Thompson is ready to leave the GOP, hoping that an exodus of Donald Trump supporters like him will punish the state’s preeminent politician, , for defying Trump.Thompson, a retired rodeo announcer and broadcaster, watched Trump’s calls for supporters to come to...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-south-dakota-pierre-elections-9d222929b080274c98232f3fd2179f33Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-south-dakota-pierre-elections-9d222929b080274c98232f3fd2179f33Click to copyRelated topicsPIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Longtime South Dakota Republican voter Jim Thompson is ready to leave the GOP, hoping that an exodus of Donald Trump supporters like him will punish the state’s preeminent politician, , for defying Trump.Thompson, a retired rodeo announcer and broadcaster, watched Trump’s calls for supporters to come to...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/us-news-california-coronavirus-pandemic-5d19e48f501d609f38320091bb8aa776Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/us-news-california-coronavirus-pandemic-5d19e48f501d609f38320091bb8aa776Click to copyRelated topicsWith a COVID-19 vaccine perhaps just days away in the U.S., most of California headed into another lockdown Sunday because of the surging outbreak and top health officials warned Americans that this is no time to let their guard down.“The vaccine’s critical,” Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, said on NBC’s “Meet the...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/us-news-california-coronavirus-pandemic-5d19e48f501d609f38320091bb8aa776Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/us-news-california-coronavirus-pandemic-5d19e48f501d609f38320091bb8aa776Click to copyRelated topicsWith a COVID-19 vaccine perhaps just days away in the U.S., most of California headed into another lockdown Sunday because of the surging outbreak and top health officials warned Americans that this is no time to let their guard down.“The vaccine’s critical,” Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, said on NBC’s “Meet the...WW…