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SD Legislators Find Some Bi-Partisan Issues

As South Dakota legislators get ready to start the third week of this year’s session, there are some measures with bi-partisan support.

Mountain Snow Pack Not a Threat for Missouri River Flooding……Yet…

hile some areas of the northern plains have not seen much snow, there are some areas that have had significant snow pile up.

District 18 Senator Craig Kennedy Supports Rolling Back Food Sales Tax

South Dakota legislative democrats will again propose cutting the sales tax on food, and making it up somewhere else in the budget.

SD Legislators Concerned About Fading Federal Funds

Members of South Dakota legislative committees have been going over agency budgets, and finding that federal funding for many programs is being reduced.

SD Representative Mathew Wollmann Resigns Ahead of a Legislative Investigation

Representative Mathew Wollmann of Madison has decided to resign from his position.

SD Congresswoman Kristi Noem; Marchers Should Give Trump Administration a Chance

Millions of women across the country marched on Saturday, to protest the Trump Administration, and in support of women’s rights.

UNL Leaders on State Tour

Leaders with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln begin an 11-city tour of the state today.

SD Legislators Starting Third Week of the Session

South Dakota legislators are heading into the third week of the 2017 session.

SD Legislators Will Debate Food Tax Repeal Again

South Dakota legislators will again be debating a sales tax increase this year.

IM 22 Backers Take Issue to the SD Supreme Court

An appeal was filed with the South Dakota State Supreme Court to begin the process of challenging Circuit Judge Mark Barnett’s preliminary injunction that put the voter-passed anti-corruption law, IM-22, on hold.

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MEDICAL MARIJUANA RIFT WIDENS AS OVERSIGHT PANEL CONFUSES AND UPSETS INDUSTRY WITH SLATE OF MOTIONS

PIERRE, S.D. (Joshua Haiar-South Dakota Searchlight) – The rift between an oversight committee and the state’s medical marijuana industry widened Tuesday…

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NEBRASKA GOVERNOR SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed an executive order Thursday cutting off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood,…

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NINE INDICTED IN DAVISON COUNTY FOR COCAINE DISTRIBUTION

MITCHELL, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says nine people have been indicted in connection with a cocaine…

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NEBRASKA ATTORNEY GENERAL RESPONDS TO ACCUSATIONS OF RETALIATION AGAINST OMAHA TRIBE OVER MEDICAL MARIJUANA

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) – Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers said Wednesday that the Omaha Tribe’s proposed tax compact was too…

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AARP SOUTH DAKOTA AND ATTORNEY GENERAL’S CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION MAKING PEOPLE AWARE OF COSTLY SCAMS

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – As part of a joint effort with the Attorney General’s Office, AARP South Dakota has…