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2 days ago
District 18 Legislative Forum Saturday in Yankton, Charter Schools & Property Taxes Dominate
District 18 legislators held a forum Saturday in Yankton. Here is the audio……
2 weeks ago
SOUTH DAKOTA SENATE ADVANCES MEASURE ASKING VOTERS TO AUTHORIZE MOBILE SPORTS BETTING
PIERRE, S.D. (Makenzie Huber / South Dakota Searchlight) – The South Dakota Senate voted 23-10 on Wednesday to approve a…
2 weeks ago
LAWMAKERS ENDORSE ADDING SCHOOL COACHES AS MANDATORY ABUSE REPORTERS, BUT NOT CLERGY
PIERRE, S.D. (Seth Tupper and John Hult / South Dakota Searchlight) – Debates about which types of authority figures should be…
2 weeks ago
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL WOULD REQUIRE DATA CENTERS TO GET PERMITS FROM NEIGHBORING CITIES AND COUNTIES
PIERRE, S.D. (Meghan O’Brien / South Dakota Searchlight) – A legislative proposal related to a situation in the Sioux Falls…
2 weeks ago
FEDERAL JUDGE DECLINES TO INTERVENE IN SD ATTORNEY GENERAL’S FIGHT AGAINST ABORTION ADS
NEW YORK (Meghan O’Brien / SD Searchlight) – A federal judge declined to intervene Wednesday against South Dakota Republican Attorney General…
2 weeks ago
RHODEN VETOES BILL THAT WOULD BAN LAB-GROWN MEAT, BUT WOULD SUPPORT A MORATORIUM
PIERRE, S.D. (Meghan O’Brien / South Dakota Searchlight) – Governor Larry Rhoden vetoed a bill Monday that would effectively ban…
2 weeks ago
LEADER OF SOUTH DAKOTA DEMOCRATIC PARTY ANNOUNCES RUN FOR GOVERNOR
SOUTH DAKOTA (South Dakota Searchlight) – Dan Ahlers, the executive director of the South Dakota Democratic Party, officially launched his campaign…
2 weeks ago
SCHOOL CELL PHONE BAN ADVANCES DESPITE LOCAL CONTROL DEBATE
PIERRE, S.D. (Todd Epp / South Dakota Broadcasters Association) – The Senate Education Committee sent a bill restricting student cell phone…
2 weeks ago
CATTLE INDUSTRY DIVIDED OVER LAB-GROWN AND DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER MEAT LEGISLATION
SOUTH DAKOTA (Joshua Haiar / South Dakota Searchlight ) – A comment this week by a rural Huron farmer who’s…
2 weeks ago
NEBRASKA CONSIDERS TEMPORARY FIREARM SEIZURES FOR ISSUED PROTECTION ORDERS
LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) – Nebraska lawmakers are considering a slate of bills aimed at improving protections for victims of…
2 weeks ago
SIOUX FALLS 5TH GRADER WINS SOUTH DAKOTA STATE SPELLING BEE
MITCHELL, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) – A 5th grade student from Challenge Center Elementary School in Sioux Falls won…
2 weeks ago
WHAT DO SOUTH DAKOTAN’S NEED ACCORDING TO 211 CALLS
SOUTH DAKOTA (Molly Wetsch / South Dakota News Watch) – Some of South Dakotans’ greatest needs for resources in 2025…
3 weeks ago
District 18 Cracker Barrel Held in Yankton on Saturday
Representative Mike Stevens was the only legislator from District 18 to appear at the legislative cracker barrel held Saturday in…
