Senator John Thune today announced a federal loan of $280,000 for the Sturgis Volunteer Fire Department in Sturgis, SD. The loan was awarded by the USDA Rural Development through their Community Facility Direct Loan program. The funds will be used to assist with the rebuilding of a fire truck. “These... Continue Reading
South Dakota school districts will receive critical federal assistance next year, the U.S. Department of Education announced today, after Sen. John Thune raised the issue with the U.S. Education Secretary earlier this month. In a letter sent on March 9, Thune alerted Secretary Margaret Spelling to a bureaucratic mistake that... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune today announced that the following schools in South Dakota will be receiving Student Support Services grants from the U.S. Department of Education: Sisseton-Wahpeton Community College in Sisseton – $235,689 Oglala Lakota Community College in Kyle – $277,497 Black Hills State in Spearfish – $273, 648 Northern State... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune today announced a $400,000 Department of Health and Human Services grant for the City of Sioux Falls Health Department. HHS’s Division of Grants Management Operations will award the $400,000 through the Ryan White Title III Outpatient EIS Program. This grant program will help provide outpatient EIS (early... Continue Reading
Today John Thune announced a federal loan of nearly $100,000 for Community Clinic, Inc. in Eagle Butte, SD. Community Clinic, Inc., a non-profit medical clinic located in the Cheyenne River Reservation, will receive a Community Facility Direct Loan of $95,000. Funds will be used to assist with the expansion of... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune will discuss the progress of his ethanol legislation with South Dakota agriculture leaders at the South Dakota Corn Office Monday. The meeting comes after Thune’s ethanol bill passed the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, clearing the way for the U.S. Senate to greatly increase ethanol use... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune introduced legislation today to reopen the Japanese market to U.S. beef imports, after an unsatisfactory meeting last week with the Japanese ambassador. “The Japanese ambassador could not tell us when the border will reopen – and that’s not acceptable,” Thune said. “Those of us representing cattle country... Continue Reading
The U.S. Senate today approved a bipartisan transportation funding amendment offered by U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Jim Talent (R-Mo.),and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) which paves the way for the Senate to increase transportation funding. The amendment, which passed 81-19, strikes an item in the budget that takes... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune’s ethanol bill passed a critical hurdle today, clearing the way for the U.S. Senate to greatly increase ethanol use in America. In a bipartisan show of support, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed Thune’s renewable fuels standard legislation. Thune introduced the bill last week with... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune applauded committee passage of a highway bill that maintains South Dakota’s transportation funding level and includes significantly more funding than the House-passed version. As a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, Thune is fighting to promote South Dakota transportation needs as the Senate prepares to... Continue Reading
South Dakotans can now call Senator John Thune’s Washington, D.C. office toll-free at 866-850-3855. Thune said the new toll-free number will allow him to keep in better contact with his constituents. “I appreciate hearing directly from South Dakotans about the issues facing our state and nation,” Thune said. “I hope... Continue Reading
Sen. John Thune introduced a renewable fuels standard bill that promises to dramatically increase the use of ethanol to improve America’s energy security and South Dakota’s farm economy. The legislation, which Thune, R-SD, is introducing with the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, Sen. James Inhofe, R-OK, establishes... Continue Reading
