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South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson reacts to House Speaker nomination process
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RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – House Republicans held a closed-door meeting Wednesday to decide who their nominee for Speaker of the House will be.
This process comes as a result of last week’s vote to vacate the position, ousting the former Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the position.
Majority Leader of the House Steve Scalise was nominated in that meeting after a lengthy discussion deciding if he or Ohio Representative Jim Jordan should be the new speaker.
South Dakota’s lone representative Dusty Johnson says he supports Scalise for the nomination but stressed how much he thinks this process put other issues on hold.
“America’s got real problems we clearly have a southern border in crisis, House Republicans were making progress on that front. We also are $33 trillion in debt and House Republicans were making progress on that front, passing appropriations bills that cut 20% and 30% of the waste. Things that we need to get done, unfortunately, all of that progress has come to a screeching halt,” said Johnson.
Now that the Republican nominee is selected, the House of Representatives will hold a roll call vote in the next few days to decide who will be the new Speaker of the House.
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The South Dakota Highway Patrol is planning a series of sobriety checkpoints across the state throughout June.
Authorities say these checkpoints are designed to discourage drunk driving. The checkpoints are funded by the South Dakota Office of Highway Safety and conducted by the South Dakota Highway Patrol with the help of local law enforcement.
Troopers are conducting the checkpoints in 14 counties total, including Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Butte, Codington, Day, Hanson, Hughes, Jackson, Jerauld, Lawrence, Lincoln, Pennington and Union counties.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The issue of potential Medicaid cuts has been at the forefront of many protests and discussions across the country and in Sioux Falls. Now, a newly formed coalition is looking to carry on that fight.
The coalition is called “Hands Off Medicaid” and they are looking to rally support to encourage senators in South Dakota and around the country to oppose the cuts in the “Big Beautiful Bill.”
The group estimates that if the cuts from the Big Beautiful Bill are passed then almost 27,000 South Dakotans could lose out on coverage entirely.
“This is a sharp reversal of an eighty-year trend to try and get families the health care that they need,” Earl Pomeroy, a former North Dakota congressman said.
Dr. Thomas Dean, a doctor with over 30 years of practice in family medicine, said it will hurt many mothers in the state.
“Medicaid is a major payer for prenatal and delivery and post-partum care and that’s a major concern, especially in rural areas but across the country,” Dr. Dean said.
Without Medicaid, Dr. Dean said medical care for the pregnancy journey is tough to support.
“OB care typically is a money loser for hospitals, especially for small rural hospitals that are already financially stressed and if we lose Medicaid coverage it will make that problem worse,” Dr. Dean explained.
Nearly 150,000 South Dakotans are enrolled in Medicaid with 42% of enrollments being pregnant and postpartum women.
“Often those adults aren’t eligible for Medicaid until they have a dependent which makes their dependent eligible. When babies are born, that is often the first time people are able to receive Medicaid and we’re grateful that kids born into Medicaid have the access to the services that they need,” Dr. Dean said.
The Big Beautiful Bill narrowly passed the Congressional House and is now waiting on a vote in the Senate.
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