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| August 2026 | 0 | 1 (collection gap) |
| September 2026 | 2 | 598 |
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- Budget/Spending1
33% of 3 stories · 33% across all outlets
- Criminal Justice1
33% of 3 stories · 20% across all outlets
- Ethics/Corruption1
33% of 3 stories · 62% across all outlets
- Immigration1
33% of 3 stories · 13% across all outlets
- Infrastructure1
33% of 3 stories · 8% across all outlets
- Voting Rights1
33% of 3 stories · 20% across all outlets
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- Republican75% · 3 pairs
- Democrat25% · 1 pair
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- 1 (33%)
- Mixed
- 2 (67%)
- Informational
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Postal Service’s plan to speed up delivery in South Dakota is a ‘good first step,’ US senator says
The U.S. Postal Service announced plans Tuesday to improve delivery speed in South Dakota, following years of complaints about service in the state. Beginning Jan. 1, a Sioux Falls processing and distribution center will become a regional center thanks to new machinery. The plant will handle more of the mail leaving and arriving in South […]
Departing congressman says voter choices and Trump’s ‘lost focus’ contribute to DC’s troubles
SIOUX FALLS — Partisan squabbles are keeping Congress from effecting change, and President Donald Trump has made it worse when he has “lost focus,” said South Dakota Republican U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, who added that he finds many of Trump’s personal characteristics “lacking.” Johnson, who will leave office in January, aired his frustrations about national […]
Immigration enforcement to be funded for 3 years under US Senate GOP plan
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., talks to reporters on March 3, 2026. From left to right around him are Republican Sens. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, John Barrasso of Wyoming and Tim Scott of South Carolina. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday he plans to use the complex reconciliation process to fund immigration enforcement for the next three years, though it wasn’t immediately clear if House Republicans were on the exact same page. The plan to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol with only Republican votes could end the two-month shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security when combined with the regular funding bill for that department, which the Senate already approved but is stalled in the House. Thune, R-S.D., said during an afternoon press conference that House GOP leaders “could” add additional provisions to the reconciliation bill, but said he would like it to remain narrow. “My hope would be that if we can execute on getting that done here in the Senate, the House would be able to follow through,” he said. Thune said the Senate could vote as soon as next week on a budget resolution with reconciliation instructions. That is the first step of the complicated process. But the House must vote to adopt that budget resolution before Republicans can pass the funding bill for ICE and the Border Patrol. Speaker Mike Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Homeland Security shuttered The Department of Homeland Security has been shut down since Feb. 14, after Democrats insisted on new guardrails for immigration enforcement following the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers. Without any bipartisan consensus on how to do that, Republicans have instead decided to use the same reconciliation process they used last year to enact their “big, beautiful” law to approve funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol. The House would then likely pass DHS’ spending bill without those two line items, which the Senate has already approved. That would provide funding for the other agencies within the department, including the Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Secret Service and Transportation Security Administration. Safeguards demanded Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said during a separate press conference that Democrats have repeatedly asked for “common sense” safeguards that would require immigration agents to show identification, prevent them from wearing masks and require judicial warrants to enter someone’s home. “The bottom line is these are simple. These are common sense,” he said. “They’re what every police department uses and when you ask the American people, they’re on our side. It’s the intransigence, particularly of the hard right, who seem to like what ICE is doing.” Schumer said Democrats would use the marathon amendment voting session on both the budget resolution and the later reconciliation bill to hold Republicans’ “feet to the fire on DHS, on the war, on so many other issues.” Thune said he has been “trying to figure out exactly” what Democrats have gotten out of the DHS shutdown, especially considering that immigration enforcement operations haven’t been affected since there was funding for that in last year’s reconciliation bill, exempting those programs from the funding lapse. “All of the things that the Democrats made this about, which was supposed to be reforms to the way that ICE and CBP operate. They got none of that. Zero,” he said, referring to Customs and Border Protection, the larger agency that includes the Border Patrol. “And now we’re going to fund those agencies for three years into the future.”
Immigration enforcement to be funded for 3 years under US Senate GOP plan
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., talks to reporters on March 3, 2026. From left to right around him are Republican Sens. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, John Barrasso of Wyoming and Tim Scott of South Carolina. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday he plans to use the complex reconciliation process to fund immigration enforcement for the next three years, though it wasn’t immediately clear if House Republicans were on the exact same page. The plan to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol with only Republican votes could end the two-month shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security when combined with the regular funding bill for that department, which the Senate already approved but is stalled in the House. Thune, R-S.D., said during an afternoon press conference that House GOP leaders “could” add additional provisions to the reconciliation bill, but said he would like it to remain narrow. “My hope would be that if we can execute on getting that done here in the Senate, the House would be able to follow through,” he said. Thune said the Senate could vote as soon as next week on a budget resolution with reconciliation instructions. That is the first step of the complicated process. But the House must vote to adopt that budget resolution before Republicans can pass the funding bill for ICE and the Border Patrol. Speaker Mike Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Homeland Security shuttered The Department of Homeland Security has been shut down since Feb. 14, after Democrats insisted on new guardrails for immigration enforcement following the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers. Without any bipartisan consensus on how to do that, Republicans have instead decided to use the same reconciliation process they used last year to enact their “big, beautiful” law to approve funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol. The House would then likely pass DHS’ spending bill without those two line items, which the Senate has already approved. That would provide funding for the other agencies within the department, including the Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Secret Service and Transportation Security Administration. Safeguards demanded Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said during a separate press conference that Democrats have repeatedly asked for “common sense” safeguards that would require immigration agents to show identification, prevent them from wearing masks and require judicial warrants to enter someone’s home. “The bottom line is these are simple. These are common sense,” he said. “They’re what every police department uses and when you ask the American people, they’re on our side. It’s the intransigence, particularly of the hard right, who seem to like what ICE is doing.” Schumer said Democrats would use the marathon amendment voting session on both the budget resolution and the later reconciliation bill to hold Republicans’ “feet to the fire on DHS, on the war, on so many other issues.” Thune said he has been “trying to figure out exactly” what Democrats have gotten out of the DHS shutdown, especially considering that immigration enforcement operations haven’t been affected since there was funding for that in last year’s reconciliation bill, exempting those programs from the funding lapse. “All of the things that the Democrats made this about, which was supposed to be reforms to the way that ICE and CBP operate. They got none of that. Zero,” he said, referring to Customs and Border Protection, the larger agency that includes the Border Patrol. “And now we’re going to fund those agencies for three years into the future.”