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When Congress returns from the holiday, health care reform will be at the top of the agenda.

Turning $1 into $20 sounds like magic but that's exactly what the government says will happen once it's invested.

A U.S. Treasury Department official was in Kyle, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, on Wednesday to announce $11.3 million from the agency's Community Development Financial Institutions fund and the economic stimulus act for economically distressed Native communities nationwide.

Health Care Debate by KDLT News Posted on 30 June 2009 With health care reform underway in congress, Senator Tim Johnson and Representative Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin turn to South Dakotans for help in the debate.

Posted by: Cory Heidelberger - 06/29/2009 7:24 AM My friend Jackie reminds me that Senator Johnson is spending the Congressional holiday recess touring the state to talk health care.

WASHINGTON - Forget the Super Bowl or a Broadway hit. South Dakota school principal Todd Foster and his family scored one of the nation's hottest tickets earlier this month: a White House tour.

South Dakota could receive more than $6 million for various projects as part of a bill Senator Tim Johnson is working to put through the Senate.

U.S. Reps. John Tanner , Mike Castle , Allen Boyd , Jim Cooper and Baron Hill , along with U.S. Sen.

At a health care forum in Connecticut, Rep. Rosa DeLauro describes her battle with ovarian cancer.

Sen. John Thune said he's keeping an open mind on whether to support Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court.

U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., said Sioux Falls has received U.S. Treasury authorization to use $33.2 million in low-interest federal bonds for economic development projects.

Some South Dakotans are rising up against health insurance prices saying Americans are paying more and getting less every year.

Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment: UNDERGROUND SCIENCE Dedication held at Sanford lab LEAD, S.D. Governor Mike Rounds says the dedication of the Sanford underground science lab at the old Homestake gold mine in Lead is a great moment in the state's history.

Here's the release: Washington, DC a 'U.S. Senator Tim Johnson released the following statement in regards to his meeting tomorrow with U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor: Judge Sonia Sotomayor has a distinguished career that spans three decades, and has worked at almost every level of our judicial system.

Rarely does a letter to the editor combine seething outrage, firebrand religious fundamentalism and intellectual vacuity more deftly than John Shaw's letter in the June 9 Argus Leader: 'Moral terrorists.' I wish to offer here a much-needed rebuttal to Shaw's outlandish and comical screed, which represents a particularly insidious type of threat to ...

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday approved comprehensive energy legislation that includes a federal renewable electricity standard.

Posted by: Denise Ross - 06/16/2009 11:03 AM By Denise Ross Anyone who's had to deal with a health insurance company for even the most routine doctor visits knows how frustrating all the numeric codes and lists of "preferred providers" and those "explanation of benefits" that come in the mail can be.

Senators who oversee the $700 billion Wall Street rescue package held stocks in many of the banks bailed out towards the end of last year, according to financial disclosure reports released Friday.

WASHINGTON - Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin has one less house to worry about. Max Sandlin, the former Texas congressman who married then-Stephanie Herseth in 2007, sold his home in Marshall, Texas, last year and now is a South Dakota resident complete with state driver's license and voter registration card, said Russ Levsen, the congresswoman's ...

Washington, DC--U.S. Senator Tim Johnson today welcomed Katie Boehnke of Clark, South Dakota, to his Washington, DC office.