Politics

PIERRE - The South Dakota legislative committee that puts together the state budget is working to determine how much money the state will have to spend next year.

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WASHINGTON - Right-wingers like to convince themselves that something is true then repeat it ad nauseum hoping that the rest of us will come to believe it as well. Surprisingly, they have had some success with this strategy.

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SIOUX FALLS - South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has ordered that flags at the state Capitol be lowered to half-staff this weekend in memory of former state legislator Donald Haggar.

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PIERRE - There is a good deal of uncertainty surrounding the South Dakota budget at the moment. What is making the job atypical is that no one knows how much to count on coming from Washington.

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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and his officials are doing their best to drum up public concern over the shock wave of spending cuts that could strike the government in just days. So it's a good time to be alert for sky-is-falling hype.

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PIERRE - A South Dakota legislative committee is looking at a package of bills aimed at reducing teen traffic fatalities and injuries.

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PIERRE - A life-size bronze statue of former South Dakota Governor Frank Farrar is being added to the state's Trail of Governors project in Pierre.

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WASHINGTON - These days, it sounds like an improbable fairy tale: politicians with deeply differing visions of America setting aside disagreements to reach a grand compromise on a critical issue.

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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans both seem content to fight out their latest showdown on the current terrain, let across-the-board spending cuts take effect on March 1.

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PIERRE - The South Dakota House of Representatives has decided to continue with the state policy of defying federal gun law.

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