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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. 鈥?On a recent morning, former U.S. Senate candidate Rick Weiland walked between businesses in downtown S stanley cup ioux Falls, pushing a trio of ballot measures he dubbed the trifecta of reform.The Democrat rattled off the measures ; inscrutable names to a clothing shop employee using a slogan invented by his mother: If you want to change the channel, vote yes on T-V-22. It shorthand for three proposals with the potential to radically reshape South Dakota politics: Candidates wouldn ;t be identified with a party on ballots, cam stanley cup paigns could receive public funds and the Legislature would no longer control the redistricting process.The initiatives have the potential to diminish Republicans ; domination of state government. All three are opposed by the state GOP, which holds every statewide office and supermajorities in both legislative chambers. The South Dakota Democratic Party supports the redistricting measure but hasn ;t taken a stance on the other two proposals.The groups running each ballot measure campaign say they ;re needed stanley cup government reforms with bipartisan supporters.Weiland, who runs a self-described nonpartisan group supporting the proposals, makes no bones that the goal is to upend South Dakota political establishment. If successful, he hopes to do the same in other states.We ;re in the process here of starting a fire on the prairie, and we ;re hoping the fir Rmpp AP FACT CHECK: Trump s claims in his State of Union address
WASHINGTON 鈥?China will get its second state dinner with President Barack Obama when its president, Xi Jinping, visits the White House Friday. The question is, how will the United States make this shindig different from the last one.A state dinner is the glitzy finale to a state visit, a high honor usually reserved for longstanding and close U.S. allies. That makes the double honor especially unique for China, as the two nations continue to differ sharply on issues such as human rights and cybersecurity.Then-Chinese President Hu Jintao visited the White House in 2011. The state dinner had a quintessentially American theme, which was requested by the Chinese delegation, and a menu that included poached Maine lobster, dry-aged ribeye steak, lemon sorbet and apple stanley cup pie with vanilla ice cream.Dinner guests including then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former President Jimmy Carter, singer Barbra St salomon reisand, designer Vera Wang and Vogue magazine editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, sat in the front row for an evening of jazz with musicians Herbie Hancock and Chris Botti, singers Dee Dee Bridgewater and Dianne Reeves.Decorations incorporated prints of a pheasant, the native bird of China, the country national color yellow, and jewel tones inspired by the work of American artist John James Audubon.Deesha Dyer, who became White House social secretary in the spring, is likely examining everything that was done four years stanley cup ago 鈥?f |
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