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    August 18, 2016
    Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Jay Williams speaks to a crowd at the education center at Dakotafest on Thursday morning southeast of Mitchell. Williams is running against incumbent U.S. Sen. John Thune. (Matt Gade/Republic)
    With no Dakotafest debates, Democrats respond to GOP leaders
    With no congressional debates at Dakotafest in 2016, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jay Williams took the stage Thursday to respond to the...
    news/localAugust 18, 2016 - 5:17pm
    U.S. Senator John Thune (R), right, delivers remarks while U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R), center, and U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem (R) follow Thune's remarks during a panel called "Check-in From Washington, DC" during Dakotafest on Wednesday morning east of Mitchell. (Matt Gade/Republic)
    S.D. delegation: Federal regulations hinder U.S. ag industry
    South Dakota's congressional delegation said federal regulations are disrupting what U.S. Sen. John Thune called the state's "most important...
    news/localAugust 18, 2016 - 8:39am
    August 8, 2016
    US Senators: Selection process for Youth Program now open
    PIERRE (AP) — South Dakota's U.S. Sens. John Thune and Mike Rounds say the selection process for the state's representatives to the annual U.S. Senate Youth Program is now open. Two South Dakota high school juniors or seniors will be chosen to be among the 104 delegates — two...
    news/stateAugust 8, 2016 - 11:48am
    August 6, 2016
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    LETTER: We need new senators, Congress
    To the Editor: I just read in the Daily Republic that John Thune has the next election in the bag. How can anyone predict the outcome three months...
    opinion/lettersAugust 6, 2016 - 10:00am
    August 5, 2016
    Selection process for United States Senate Youth Program is underway
    WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune and Mike Rounds (both R-S.D.) recently announced that the annual statewide selection process for the United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) has begun. Two South Dakota high school juniors or seniors will join student delegates from around...
    news/stateAugust 5, 2016 - 10:24am
    July 28, 2016
    Sen. John Thune shares a laugh with member of the Scotland Rotary Club Dick Behl during a stop on Thursday at the Recreation Bar in Scotland. (Matt Gade/Republic)
    Early dropouts in GOP presidential race 'more in line' with Sen. Thune
    SCOTLAND — U.S. Sen. John Thune is standing by the Republican nominee for president, Donald Trump, but Thune's political ideology aligns...
    news/localJuly 28, 2016 - 5:26pm
    Thune in Scotland, Tripp, and Parkston today
    WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) will be in Scotland ,Tripp and Parkston. He will address the Scotland Rotary Club at...
    news/localJuly 28, 2016 - 10:23am
    July 21, 2016
    Let me know what you think
    Each week the Senate is in session, I travel back and forth from my home in Sioux Falls to Washington, D.C., for hearings, votes, and other meetings....
    opinion/columnsJuly 21, 2016 - 11:01am
    July 19, 2016
    US Sen. John Thune skipping Republican National Convention
    SIOUX FALLS (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Thune is skipping the 2016 Republican National Convention to spend time traveling around South Dakota. A...
    news/stateJuly 19, 2016 - 11:22am
    July 15, 2016
    Indiana Governor Mike Pence holds hands with wife Karen Pence after being named Donald Trump's Vice Presidential candidate as the walk out of Trump Tower in New York, U.S., July 15, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
    S.D. Republicans offer support for VP pick
    Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is officially on the Republican ticket alongside presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump, and South Dakota's congressional...
    news/localJuly 15, 2016 - 4:19pm
    Federal delegation boosts Spearfish Canyon state park plan
    PIERRE (AP) — South Dakota's congressional delegation is helping with Gov. Dennis Daugaard's plan for a new state park at Spearfish Canyon. U.S. Sen. John Thune introduced legislation Thursday that would authorize an exchange of nearly 2,000 acres of federal land in the areas of...
    news/stateJuly 15, 2016 - 11:14am
    July 14, 2016
    Thune meets with Delta after plane lands at wrong airport
    WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Thune has met with officials from Delta Air Lines to talk about a jetliner with 130 passengers on board that...
    news/stateJuly 14, 2016 - 11:39am
    July 11, 2016
    Crews work on the Dakotafest Education Center, Reaves Building Display Area and Dakotafest Exhibits and Innovation Center on Monday at Schlaffman Farm on the southeast edge of Mitchell. (Photo courtesy of IDEAg Group)
    Thune, Rounds and Noem attending Dakotafest
    South Dakota's full congressional delegation has committed to attending Dakotafest. On Monday afternoon, Samantha Castro, marketing manager for...
    news/localJuly 11, 2016 - 6:07pm
    July 6, 2016
    Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pauses as she speaks at a campaign rally in Cleveland, Ohio June 13, 2016. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk
    Noem: 'Serious questions' remain regarding Clinton's email controversy
    Three of South Dakota's Republican lawmakers remain unsatisfied with Hillary Clinton's use of a private email address and server during her tenure...
    news/localJuly 6, 2016 - 5:17pm
    June 23, 2016
    Being a dad is the best job of my life
    I've worn numerous hats, held a lot of jobs, and had many titles throughout my life. And while being your U.S. senator is one of the most humbling...
    opinion/columnsJune 23, 2016 - 12:59pm
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