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1 day ago
Final District 18 Legislative Forum of the 2026 Session
The three members of the District 18 legislative delegation, Senator Lauren Nelson, & Representatives Julie Auch and Mike Stevens attended…
2 weeks 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……
4 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…
4 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…
4 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…
4 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…
4 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…
4 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…
4 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…
4 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…
4 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…
4 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…
4 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…
