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How Donald Trump dominates the news, both positively and negatively

U.S. President Donald Trump, who is renewing his habit of going after journalists, makes headlines on the slightest whim simply by posting on Truth Social.

March 19, 2025

Rock Music News

Apex

Supergroups can be double-edged swords. On one hand, they typically get a head start due to the established reputations of their members, the equivalent of drawing the "advance to Go" card in Monopoly. They also tend to have built-in fan bases and garner higher media interest than other bands in the...

March 18, 2025

National News

House Democrats to hold ‘Day of Action’ to push back against GOP-backed spending bill

House Democrats will hold a "Day of Action" across the country on Tuesday to push back against the GOP-backed spending bill to avert a government shutdown.

March 15, 2025

National News

Dems threatening government shutdown over Elon Musk hate, Republicans say

House Republicans and Democrats are in a war of words over the looming government shutdown deadline.

March 11, 2025

Local News

House votes to slow growth of owner-occupied values

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) -- The South Dakota House of Representatives tried once, fell short, came back from a closed-door caucus with a new compromise, and then tried again. That was the path to agreement on Monday on Senate Bill 216 that the governor and a group of 10 lawmakers put together. They say it's supposed [...]

March 10, 2025 1

Local News

SD House passes reducing ingestion penalties

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- On Thursday afternoon, the South Dakota House of Representatives debated SB83, a bill seeking to reduce the penalty for ingestion of certain controlled substances from a Class 6 felony to a Class 1 misdemeanor for a 1st and 2nd violation. Under the terms of the bill, a 3rd violation would [...]

February 27, 2025 3

Local News

NOPE board member: ‘Still hurdles to come’

LINCOLN COUNTY, S.D. (KELO) — The future of a new men's prison in South Dakota is up in the air. House Bill 1025 in Pierre originally appropriated money to build a men's prison in Lincoln County, but the House of Representatives removed that section of the bill and ultimately decided not to send the legislation over [...]

February 25, 2025 1