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Bright Future for SD Governor Kristi Noem

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is gaining attention across the country as was highlighted by her primetime speech at the Republican National Convention.

One Dead in Turner County Accident

One person died Sunday night in a two-vehicle crash north of Hurley

Protecting Absentee & Mail In Voting

Members of the Government Operations and Audit Committee had lots of questions during their meeting last week for South Dakota Secretary of State Steve Barnett about the security of mail in and absentee ballots.

Watching Covid Hospitalization Numbers

While South Dakota is seeing a spike in positive cases of COVID-19, Governor Kristi Noem says that isn’t the critical number they are watching

Nebraska Pork Executive Director Pleased Taiwan Has Loosened Trade Restrictions

Taiwan’s government announced Friday it’s lowering trade barriers on U.S. beef and pork. The National Pork Producers Council released a…

EDA Grant Sets up Business Loans

The Areawide Business Council based in Yankton has received a four-million-dollar grant from the federal Economic Development Administration.

Farm Bureau And NCBA Backs Government In Defending NWPR

Environmentalists are challenging in federal court, the Trump administration’s rewrite of the Obama Era WOTUS rule which is the Navigable…

Interim Director Named For South Dakota Ag And Natural Resources Department

Starting September 8, the South Dakota Departments of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Environment will be merged into one state…

South Dakota Dairy Producers President Says USMCA Must Be Enforced

A bipartisan group of 25 Senators wants the U.S. government to push for enforcement of the USMCA trade agreement. The…

Control School Spending for Property Tax Relief

The property tax relief bill passed this summer by the Nebraska legislature doesn’t touch the school funding formula.

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SOUTH DAKOTA BUDGET COMMISSIONER WARNS OF ANOTHER DIFFICULT YEAR AS REVENUE LAGS PROJECTIONS

PIERRE, S.D. (Joshua Haiar-South Dakota Searchlight) – South Dakota’s top state government budget official warned Thursday that the current budget cycle…

8 hours ago in Local

LAWMAKER PREDICTS BROAD SUPPORT FOR REHAB AND RECIDIVISM REFORMS IN WAKE OF PRISON VOTE

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A South Dakota legislative leader predicted he can “almost assure” that “every legislator” will support reforms addressing…

8 hours ago in Local

GOVERNOR LARRY RHODEN URGES SOUTH DAKOTANS TO SUPPORT NEIGHBORS IN NEED AMID CALLS FOR A SPECIAL SESSION

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – Governor Larry Rhoden is urging South Dakotans to support their neighbors and emphasizing the importance…

8 hours ago in Local

ATTORNEYS GENERAL ACCUSE SOME SMALL REFINERIES OF ‘MANIPULATING’ RENEWABLE FUEL EXEMPTIONS

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, and Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers sent a letter…

3 days ago in Local

CHILD ABUSE CHARGES IN WATERTOWN

WATERTOWN, S.D. – Two Watertown residents are facing felony charges after a child abuse investigation that began October 24th. Police…