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Nebraska & Iowa Sending Equipment to Ukraine

The States of Nebraska and Iowa are cooperating in moving surplus equipment to help Ukraine in their fight against the Russian invasion.

SD Board of Regents Elects New Officers

The South Dakota Board of Regents reorganized and elected new officers at their meeting this week at Black Hills State University.

SD Cannabis Organizations Grade the Legislature

South Dakota cannabis organizations have compiled and released a legislative scorecard

High Confidence in SD Elections

A bill was introduced in this years South Dakota legislative session that would have required a forensic audit of any Presidential year election if there was less than a ten percent margin of victory. The bill was ultimately defeated.

Up & Down Session

South Dakota legislators spent hundreds of millions of dollars and dealt with almost six hundred bills during the thirty-eight-day session.

Legislative Look Back

With the final adjournment of the 2022 legislative session, lawmakers are considering what they accomplished.

Farmers Pride Buys Avon Elevator

Farmers Pride, a cooperative based in northeast Nebraska, is buying the Avon Farmers Elevator. The elevator had its bond revoked by the PUC last summer and Farmers Pride leased the grain facilities in September.

Updating the Housing Study

Yankton Thrive has updated the housing study to reflect ongoing changes in the market.

SD Legislators Lose on Spending Authority

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem vetoed a bill that was introduced late in the legislative session that would have limited her authority to spend federal dollars added to the state budget.

SD Senator John Thune Critical of the IRS

South Dakota Senator John Thune used a floor speech to point out problems with the Internal Revenue Service

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