Lawmakers approve rollback of South Dakota’s uniquely severe drug ingestion penalties
The state is the only one in the nation with a law that allows a failed drug test for a felony-level narcotic to serve as the ...
Gov. Larry Rhoden signs age verification bill, lab-grown meat funding restrictions
South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden has signed 45 bills into law so far this legislative session, which began last month and ...
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Governor relents, appoints task force to reset prison talks after legislative loss
The fight to secure legislative approval for an $825 million men’s prison is lost for now, South Dakota Republican Gov. Larry ...
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Bill to re-locate SD Brand Board moves ahead
The South Dakota Senate will likely discuss two bills that will impact South Dakota cattle and brand owners. HB 1266 and HB 1213 both passed the House of Representatives. Representative Jana Hunt (R) ...
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Records reveal Noem’s state credit card spending
South Dakota taxpayers pay the bill when the governor uses a state credit card, and with former Gov. Kristi Noem, that included out-of-state travel and spending for a ...
The Daily Republic17h
Mitchell named South Dakota’s Community of the Year for third time
The city's continued growth, highlighted by major housing, business, and infrastructure projects, has earned it the ...
Tri-State Livestock News19h
Carbon bills coming down the pipeline: North and South Dakota discuss C02 sequestration
It’s not coming ’round the mountain and it isn’t over the river and through the woods. At least not yet. While a carbon pipeline has not been laid in the Dakotas, a variety of ...
US EPA will delay Midwest ethanol expansion in South Dakota, Ohio
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday it would delay an action by one year to expand sales of higher ...
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Ingestion bill waiting for Governor’s signature
Both chambers of the South Dakota legislature agree: First-time drug ingestion offenders should not face a felony charge. The ...
KELOLAND News23h
DOGE announces first real estate closure in South Dakota
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has announced the first real estate cut in South Dakota. According to DOGE’s ...
Rapid City Journal1d
Vaccination rates are declining. They might get worse as states relax rules.
More states are loosening vaccine mandates, scaling back vaccine promotion efforts and taking other steps likely to lower vaccination rates — even as a major measles outbreak spreads in Texas.
Capital Journal1d
Only ‘political magic’ can save $825 million prison plan, lawmaker says
Full-throated support from Gov. Larry Rhoden may not be enough to change the minds of skeptical lawmakers on a controversial ...