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SD Long Term Care Committee to Meet

The South Dakota legislature’s “Study Committee on Sustainable Models for Long Term Care” will hold their first meeting Tuesday in…

Competition for School Administrators

While many school districts are looking to fill vacant teaching positions by fall, there is also demand for administrators. Associated…

Bill Logjam in the Nebraska Legislature

While much of the attention of Nebraska legislators has been focused on debate of abortion and transgender issues, there are…

Recent weather system

The recent weather system that moved thru the mid-west has slowed the corn planting progress in some areas. We dig…

Kansas Wheat Tour

The Wheat Quality Council is hosting their Annual Hard Winter Wheat Tour traveling thru Kansas and parts of Nebraska. The…

Farm Groups Testify before House Ag Subcommittee

Farm Groups have been testifying before the Senate Ag Subcommittee’s and the House Ag Subcommittee’s over the past couple of…

Grassley Believes U-S Government Will Not Default On Loans

Congressional leaders met with President Biden and other White House officials yesterday (Tuesday) to continue discussions regarding the debt ceiling,…

Nebraska Legislature Amends Transgender Bill with Abortion Restrictions

A bill that limits medical care for transgender young people in Nebraska had an amendment added to prohibit abortions after…

Senator Pete Ricketts Challenges Biden on Definition of Conservation

Nebraska Senator Pete Ricketts took issue with the Biden administration with the proposed “30 by 30” plan, now known as…

South Dakota Soybean Council Gives a Gift to State Fair

The South Dakota State Fair recently received a gift from the South Dakota Soybean Research and Promotion Council.  A one-time…

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WHAT DOES MARIJUANA RECLASSIFICATION MEAN FOR SOUTH DAKOTA?

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – President Trump’s executive order to reschedule marijuana from a Schedule 1 to a…

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GOVERNOR RHODEN ANNOUNCES $200,000 GRANT SUPPORTING KEEP FARMERS FARMING PROGRAM

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – On Monday, Governor Rhoden announced a $200,000 grant from the Future Fund for…

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SOUTH DAKOTA (Molly Wetsch / South Dakota News Watch) – Five months after Operation: Prairie Thunder officially began, the South Dakota…

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SOUTH DAKOTA STATE ECONOMIST SAYS FARM ECONOMY HAS HELD BACK SALES TAX REVENUES

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Joshua Haiar / South Dakota Searchlight) – South Dakota’s State Economist Derek Johnson told the state Banking…

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STATE SPENDS $43,000 IN TROOPER OVERTIME FOR OPERATION PRAIRIE THUNDER

PIERRE, S.D. (John Hult / South Dakota Searchlight) – The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says a saturation patrol…