Greg Belfrage Podcasts

Mr. Hughes was a prime sponsor of House Joint Resolution 5003 during the 2025 legislative session. HJR 5003 passed the House and Senate overwhelmingly. HJR 5003 is now Amendment L on the ballot in the November general election. He is part of a working group of South Dakota supporters and organizations that are supporters of Amendment L.

This is entirely a grass roots effort of South Dakotans.

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The Justice Department has issued at least three dozen new subpoenas and document preservation requests as part of its probe into the Alaska Senate race, a U.S. official confirmed to NBC News on Thursday. The subpoenas were sent to Democrat Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign offices and those of former schoolteacher Dan J. Sullivan, who is also running for Senate. The move comes the s...

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The Fairness Project was created in 2015 by a California health-care workers union, SEIU-UHW. The union’s board voted to put up to $4 million from the sale of its San Francisco building into it. In 2018 the union lent it $3 million. In 2020 it forgave $2 million of that loan. The group’s own website says it was “born out of the labor movement.” The union’s ties never ended: the ...

In the Top of the News Stack, 

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, told Fox News that Democrats will do “anything” to gain power while addressing reports that the campaign of his Democratic challenger Mary Peltola secretly participated in a months-long process to recruit people with his name to run in the Alaska US Senate race. The New York Times reported Wednesday that Peltola’s campaign, as well as senior aides at...

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A Florida mother returning from Las Vegas was met by deputies as she stepped off a plane and was arrested after authorities say she left her four children home alone while she traveled for work. Body camera video shows deputies approaching Irene Miller as she exited the plane Friday morning, escorting her through the airport terminal and placing her in handcuffs. The arrest came two days after one ...

A Washington, D.C. group has poured nearly $2 million into defeating Amendment L, while the South Dakota side supporting it has raised about $93,000.Amendment L would raise the bar for changing our state constitution from a simple majority to 60 percent. The Fairness Project, started with money from a California labor union, is the main funder of the No campaign. This is the same group that has spent millions putting abortion right...

In the Top of the News Stack, A Washington, D.C. group has poured nearly $2 million into defeating Amendment L, while the South Dakota side supporting it has raised about $93,000. Amendment L would raise the bar for changing our state constitution from a simple majority to 60 percent. The Fairness Project, started with money from a California labor union, is the main funder of the No campaign. This is the same group that has spent ...

The Last Word.... 

President Donald Trump campaigned in Mississippi on Monday as part of a final stretch of midterm appearances that has taken him to several Republican-leaning states.

The rally was held for Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, who faces a challenge from Democrat Scott Colom in a state that has long favored Republicans. The election could help determine control of Congress and state governments. "I’m her...

Clocks fall back Sunday. The New York Post says the end of daylight saving time can still create real problems even though we gain an hour. The shift throws off the body's internal clock. It's harder on people with Dementia. It can affect heart health because blood pressure is supposed to drop and rest during sleep. People with diabetes can see their blood sugar go off track. It's not just a day or two of feeling off. For some cond...

In the Top of the News Stack, President Donald Trump campaigned Monday in Mississippi, as he continued a closing midterm rally blitz that has highlighted Republicans' challenges ahead of an election that could drastically shift power in Washington and statehouses across the country. "I'm here because Cindy's doing great, but I just got to make sure. I can't take a chance," Trump told the crowd, his voice audibly hoarse, as he worke...

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House Speaker Mike Johnson was on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream to talk about the midterm election polls. He explained that the polling was not accurate because “they’re based on faulty analysis.” Bream showed a Fox News poll that had the Democrats winning, even if the Republicans had good election night results. “You say those predictions are wr...