A new bill in Washington promises more competition when it comes to credit card transactions - but one expert says cardholders could be left footing the bill.
Summit Carbon Solutions says the more than 2,000 miles of pipeline is on track to finish “on time.” During a tour of ethanol facility in Onida Tuesday, representatives from Summit urged landowners to get on board with the project.
Five weeks before the November election, Governor Kristi Noem is promising to repeal South Dakota’s grocery tax next legislative session if she is re-elected. Currently, South Dakota is just one of six states that taxes groceries at the full rate.
On this week’s Matters of the State, incoming South Dakota Attorney general Marty Jackley weighs in on public safety after the latest officer-involved shooting in Sioux Falls.
On this week’s Matters of the State, South Dakota Public Utilities Chair Chris Nelson breaks down the permit approval process for a project like the proposed CO2 pipeline from Summit Carbon Solutions.
Attorney General Mark Vargo has referred an ethics complaint against Gov. Kristi Noem to a different office following concerns of potential conflict of interest.
Ending cancer as we know it. President Biden will give a speech Monday in Boston on his plan to find a cure for the disease. What the White House says we can expect to hear about the president’s ‘Cancer Moonshot.’
As some states begin to implement bans and restrictions on abortion, debate continues over how much the issue of abortion will drive voters to the polls.
For the second time in as many years, recreational marijuana is set to appear on the November ballot. Opponents to the measure are pressing to block it from once again receiving support from a majority of voters.
Congress passes a new Farm Bill every five years. The old U.S. farm policy package will expire next September, and lawmakers are looking into what needs to be in the next version
On this week’s Matters of the State, Sen. John Thune addresses his bid for reelection, what went into the decision to run, and what he’d like to accomplish on Capitol Hill.
South Dakota Lieutenant Governor Larry Rhoden has had an increased public profile on both the campaign trail, and in the Governor’s office in recent weeks.
Anti-abortion groups provided strong pushback on language that said a proposed amendment to the state constitution, enshrining a right to abortion in it, only “provided a legal framework for abortion.”
Three South Dakota state lawmakers have come out publicly asking Attorney General Mark Vargo to recuse himself from an investigation into Governor Kristi Noem, who appointed him to the same position in June.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has subpoenaed his friend and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as part of an effort to back out of his $44 billion agreement to acquire the company Dorsey helped found.
The Government Accountability Board (GAB) referred one Noem related complaint to the South Dakota Attorney General’s office for further investigation, and voted to potentially take action on another complaint.
On this week’s Matters of the State, we take a closer look at proposed education standards in South Dakota, including a social studies draft from Gov. Noem’s office.
Republicans believe the economy will work to their advantage in the November midterm elections, but Democrats say the country is turning a corner on reducing prices.
Following the U.S. Court of Appeals ruling, the Ways & Means Committee said the decision showed “the law is on our side in seeking Trump’s tax returns.”
Governor Kristi Noem rose to national prominence in large part due to her response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is set to be one of her key issues heading into the 2022 South Dakota gubernatorial race.
Governor Kristi Noem has said on several occasions that she intended to bring the state legislature back for a special session on abortion, after Roe v. Wade was overturned. In the weeks since that has happened, Noem appears to be preparing to walk those calls back.
“Dakotans for Health” had previously argued that an initiated measure would be easier to get passed by the voters than a constitutional amendment. However, the same organization has now thrown their weight behind a constitutional amendment.
The South Dakota GOP Twitter account fired off a remark at the state’s Democratic party, saying in part that their candidates for office had “piled out of the clown car.”
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jamie Smith has announced that Jennifer Keintz will run as his Lieutenant Governor in the November general election.
The "South Dakota Freedom Caucus" was launched at the South Dakota Republican Party convention as a way to push the party to the right. It comes at a time where the party in the Rushmore state has become particularly divided over the course of the last several months.
Chief of Staff Tim Bormann and Department of Criminal Investigations Director David Natvig were removed by Attorney General Mark Vargo mere hours after Vargo assumed the position.
South Dakota government leaders celebrated the end of abortion in South Dakota. But now, they say they want to see more laws brought on the topic, and find ways to make it easier to raise children in the state.
The Government Accountability Board has asked Sioux Falls area attorney Mark Haigh to consult them on two ethics complaints filed against Governor Kristi Noem.
A record crowd at the GOP convention opted for experience in the Attorney General’s race, and for Noem’s choice in the Lieutenant Governor’s race. However, a dark horse candidate took the day in the Secretary of State race.
Despite a group of GOP state lawmakers asking the Attorney General’s office to review the constitutionality of their dispersal in March, grants have continued to go out to providers.
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