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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving South Dakota Newsletter for Sunday May 24, 2026 ( 2 items )  

Rounds Legislation to Prevent Smuggling of American Semiconductors into China Unanimously Passes Senate
WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Rounds Legislation to Prevent Smuggling of American Semiconductors into China Unanimously Passes Senate * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today announced that his legislation to prevent the smuggling of American-made semiconductors into China has passed the Senate. The Stop Stealing our Chips Act would amend the Export Control Reform Act to create a whistleblower incentive program   more

W.Va. A.G. McCuskey to Supreme Court: One City Cannot Set Energy Policy for the Whole Country
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, May 23 -- West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release on May 22, 2026: * * * AG McCuskey to Supreme Court: One City Cannot Set Energy Policy for the Whole Country Attorney General JB McCuskey is standing up for West Virginia's energy workers and states' rights in an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court. In the brief, West Virginia, Alabama and a 24-state coalition, are urging the Court to throw out a lawsuit brought by Boulder  more