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Williston Music Students Invited to Summer Workshop June 27-28
Dakota Country 96.1 - North Dakota
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June 24, 2025
Making Music Education Accessible in Williston Harmonic Creative World of Williston is dedicated to making music education accessible to all students, regardless of finances. Since launching in 2022, they've made a big impact in the area through...
GOP Governors Mum as Congress Moves To Slash Medicaid Spending for Their States
KFF Health News - California
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July 3, 2025
Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News The last time a Republican-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump moved to slash Medicaid spending, in 2017, a key political force stood in their way: GOP governors. Now, as Congress steamrolls toward passing...
Minnesota has stricter fireworks laws than its neighbors, but charges for violations are rare
MinnPost - Minnesota
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July 3, 2025
Greater Minnesota Newsletter | Everything you need to know about what's happening across Greater Minnesota. Delivered to your inbox Tuesday afternoons. Stashed away in trunks and backseats, illicit products cross over Minnesota’s borders from...
Harmonic Creative Hosts Wind & Brass Workshop in Williston
Cool 98.7 - North Dakota
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June 24, 2025
Making Music Education Accessible in Williston Harmonic Creative World of Williston is dedicated to making music education accessible to all students, regardless of finances. Since launching in 2022, they've made a big impact in the area through...
Joseph finds ‘second home’ in Minot, to serve as assistant captain
The Minot Daily News - North Dakota
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Submitted Photo Minot State junior forward Colby Joseph was named an assistant captain for the upcoming season. Joseph led the Beavers with 27 goals last season and was second on the team in scoring with 42 points. Photo by Sean Arbaut. Colby...
2025 Boss Cowman Honorees: Chuck and Kerry Christman
Tri State Livestock News - South Dakota
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July 2, 2025
Chuck Christman roping at the 1972 Boss Cowman rodeo. | Courtesy Christman family IMG-2292 Chuck and Kerry Christman, 2025 Lemmon South Dakota Boss Cowman honorees. | PC Kim Anderson 496511527_738433568568030_2985448141416364095_n Chuck and Kerry...
June Small Biz Sales Up Yearly, but Down from May
FinTecBuzz
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July 3, 2025
Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE: FI), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology, has published the Fiserv Small Business Index for June 2025, with the seasonally-adjusted Index declining two points to 148. Year-over-year sales...
Don’t let rural America become the next New York City
The Blaze
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July 1, 2025
Elect strong conservative leaders in your state — or watch it go the way of New York City. That’s the unmistakable warning conservatives should take from New York voters nominating a Hamas sympathizer and self-proclaimed socialist for mayor. How...
What new laws go into effect July 1 in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota?
KTIV - Iowa
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June 30, 2025
(KTIV) - As soon as the calendar reads July 1, 2025, Siouxland’s three states will all have new laws going into effect. The laws range from new rules regarding cell phones and driving in Iowa to banning sanctuary cities in South Dakota. Below is a...
Theater involvement makes kids smarter, MUHS’ James Ball says
Camp Verde Journal - Arizona
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July 3, 2025
Mingus Union High School theater and choir director James Ball is very clear that he believes acting helps make students smarter. “Students that have left Mingus have been very successful in their college programs and beyond,” Ball said. “What I...
GOP lawmaker introduces legislation to classify abortion as homicide
Raw Story
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July 3, 2025
In Michigan, where voters in 2022 approved enshrining the right to an abortion into the state constitution, legislation that would classify elective abortions as homicide has been introduced. Last week, Michigan state Rep. Josh Schriver (R-Oxford)...
Who’s the Fossil Fuel-Backed “Philosopher” Shaping Trump’s Megabill Clean Energy Cuts?
DeSmog
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July 1, 2025
After Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) denounced the law once known as the “Big Beautiful Bill,” largely over its proposed Medicaid cuts, which he said would threaten insurance coverage for many North Carolinians, he called out the bill’s problematic...
Why U.S. Electricity Prices Are Surging Despite Promises of Relief
Oil Price
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July 3, 2025
Despite promises to bring consumer bills down, electricity prices in the United States have surged in recent years. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), retail electricity prices have risen more rapidly than the rate of...
Mamdani probably won’t be NY mayor
The Minot Daily News - North Dakota
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Zohran Mamdani seemed to hit the political jackpot in besting former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary. Hyper commentary now portrays this once obscure state assemblyman from Queens as a political meteor....
The VAR 100: Keeping clients up to date
Accounting Today
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July 2, 2025
Have a nice day - stock.adobe.com Value-added resellers in the accounting software space have found that many of their clients are struggling with outdated ERP systems that lack the capacities of more modern ones, and are turning to their...
‘When the call comes to deliver, we do so’
The Minot Daily News - North Dakota
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When the active-duty Air Force and Missouri Air National Guard bomber crews who attacked the Fordow uranium enrichment plant in Iran went to work last Friday, they kissed their loved ones goodbye, not knowing when or if they’d be home. That’s when...
10 years later: Crash victim continues to defy odds, reconnects with NDHP trooper who responded to crash
KFYR TV - North Dakota
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July 2, 2025
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Life can change in a split second. So, just imagine all the transformations that a decade can bring. On June 27, 2015, a drunk driver crashed head-on into a car on Bismarck Expressway. The crash was so severe, Shayna...
Protesters outside the US House make a last stand against the GOP megabill
North Dakota Monitor
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July 2, 2025
WASHINGTON — Protesters demonstrated against the “big beautiful bill” outside the U.S. Capitol Wednesday as House Republicans whipped votes to get the bill across the finish line and to President Donald Trump’s desk by a self-imposed July Fourth...
Casino staff trained to spot signs of human trafficking
Mobridge Tribune - South Dakota
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July 2, 2025
Grand River Casino housekeeping manager Joni Swift shows attendees how to use their Opioid/Naloxone emergency box. (Editor’s note: This is the first part in a multi-part series highlighting the local topics of human tracking and drug activity...
50 signature dishes that define every US state — from lobster rolls to chocolate gravy
AOL
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50 Signature Dishes That Define Every U.S. State Carlos Dominguez "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Every state has its own cuisine and culinary quirks—some more widely accepted in the...