In the News
This interview is from SDPB's daily public-affairs show, In the Moment, hosted by Lori Walsh.
South Dakota's lone congressman wants more flexibility for states spending COVID-19 relief money.
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Businesses across the country are having difficulty with supply shortages and South Dakota is no exception. It's costing millions of dollars for several businesses. So how will this affect your holiday shopping?
A nationwide supply shortage may make it harder to find what you're looking for.
Washington, D.C. (KOTA) - Today, according to a press release from Dusty Johnson's Communications division, the U.S. House Agriculture Committee unanimously passed the bipartisan Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021 (H.R. 5609)
For the past couple of years, the United States government and members of Congress have been trying to right a wrong by recognizing Vietnam veterans who never got the welcome home they so deserved.
Tuesday, several Vietnam veterans from South Dakota were honored at a special pinning ceremony in Brookings.
In the lead up to the 1972 presidential election, Hunter S. Thompson wondered, in his classic book on the campaign, "Fear and Loathing On the Campaign Trail '72", what role the youth vote might play.
It's no secret that this has been a tough year for Congress. The pandemic and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol have left a malaise over the congressional community. The public continues to hold Congress is low regard.
Reps. John Garamendi, D-Calif., and Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., today introduced legislation to stop shipping companies from denying U.S. exporters the ability to get their commodities overseas as well as protect against excessive port fees.
Congressmen in the U.S. House of Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) have introduced legislation requiring foreign-based ocean carriers adhere to minimum service standards and other actions meant to help American exporters.
WASHINGTON – During a particularly acrimonious week in Congress marked by name-calling, threats and shouting matches, two House members – Republican Dusty Johnson of South Dakota and Democrat Dean Phillips of Minnesota – sat together in the Capitol Rotunda pitching a one-of-a-kind experiment in civility and bipartisanship.
On Friday, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Livestock & Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee, issued a statement following President Biden's Executive Order and the U.S.