In the Moment, April 16, 2021 Show 1029.

The Biden Administration says its American Jobs Plan will improve infrastructure in South Dakota. 

Prominent Republican leaders like South Dakota Senator John Thune are clashing with the administration. Thune calls the bill a Trojan horse. 

The Biden-Harris Administration says infrastructure in South Dakota suffers from a lack of investment. 

However, Senator John Thune calls the administration proposal “a long wishlist of liberal priorities” disguised as infrastructure.

The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the life sentence of Jonathon Klinetobe, the Rapid City man who enlisted two other men to murder his ex-girlfriend in 2015.

Klinetobe pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter, and in December 2019, the judge imposed the maximum sentence of life without parole.

A month later, Klinetobe argued to the Supreme Court that the sentence was too harsh.

In its opinion issued Thursday, April 15, the Supreme Court disagrees.

Victoria Wicks has more of this story for SDPB.

In the Moment, April 15, 2021 Show 1028.

The temporary pause of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine is forcing some South Dakota colleges and universities to change their vaccine rollout plans. The state Department of Public Safety releases the fatality numbers of traffic crashes last year. 

All this and more in today’s SDPB News Podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify today.

In the Moment, April 14, 2021 Show 1027.

• On Call with the Prairie Doc® physician Dr. Deb Johnston joins us to discuss addiction & recovery.

• Dakota Political Junkies Jon Hunter and Jonathan Ellis disucss why Governor Kristi Noem is asking President Biden to reconsider his thoughts on fireworks over Mount Rushmore on the 4th of July.

Health officials are temporarily halting the use of Johnson and Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine. The pause comes after six women developed rare blood clots within three weeks of being vaccinated.  

It’s forced some South Dakota universities to change their vaccine rollout plans. 

South Dakota State University planned an on-campus vaccine clinicthis week using the one-dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine.  

Governor Kristi Noem wants President Joe Biden to reinstate the Fourth of July fireworks at Mount Rushmore. Midwest health officials are urging people who attended a recent youth wrestling tournament in Sioux Falls to get tested for COVID-19. 

All this and more in today’s SDPB News Podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify today.

Governor Kristi Noem wants President Joe Biden to reinstate the Fourth of July fireworks at Mount Rushmore. 

The call comes less than a month after spring wildfires led to evacuations in west Rapid City and the temporary closing of the shrine of democracy. 

Governor Noem says the Park Service is reneging on a Memorandum of Agreement between that agency and the state of South Dakota. 

In the Moment, April 13, 2021 Show 1026.