Thousands of miles of carbon dioxide pipelines planned in the Midwest have been spurred, in part, by a major expansion of federal tax credits in Democrats’ 2022 climate law.| South Dakota Searchlight
When ethanol plants turn corn into a gasoline additive, they produce two kinds of carbon dioxide emissions.| South Dakota Searchlight
Summit Carbon Solutions will reapply for a carbon dioxide pipeline permit after it identifies a new route that complies with county ordinances.| South Dakota Searchlight
Gov. Kristi Noem’s campaign promise to eliminate the state sales tax on groceries died Tuesday morning, but a committee approved a bill to reduce sales taxes across the board.| South Dakota Searchlight
A judge dismissed the lawsuit challenging an abortion-rights ballot measure, saying it should have targeted the Secretary of State’s Office.| South Dakota Searchlight
A new court fight over South Dakota’s abortion-rights ballot measure could hinge on a complicated answer to a simple question.| South Dakota Searchlight
South Dakota has an OB-GYN shortage and is a leading state for maternity care deserts. Physicians worry the state's abortion laws will exacerbate it.| South Dakota Searchlight
A repeat bank robber may have a shot at freedom after the South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles voted to recommend a commutation.| South Dakota Searchlight
Gov. Kristi Noem has granted a commutation to a convicted murderer that will allow him a shot at parole, but not for another eight years.| South Dakota Searchlight
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story about pardons is part of a special report on executive clemency. An additional story explores commutations, and a commentary outlines difficulties encountered in obtaining pardon records. — A father from Fort Pierre with five drunken driving convictions and more than a decade of sobriety wants to take his son hunting. A […]| South Dakota Searchlight
Gov. Kristi Noem has issued 12 sentence reductions – formally known as “commutations” – since she became governor in 2019.| South Dakota Searchlight
Nearly three weeks after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration proposed loosening a federal prohibition on marijuana, the next phases of policy fights over the drug’s status are starting to take shape.| South Dakota Searchlight
U.S. Sen. John Thune spent March criticizing Biden Administration trade policies and touting the importance of free trade to South Dakota and nation’s trade economy.| South Dakota Searchlight
A new analysis of a Nov. 5 ballot measure projects state revenue losses ranging from $134 million to $646 million annually.| South Dakota Searchlight
South Dakota lawmakers compromised to approve what some described as the largest tax cut in South Dakota history.| South Dakota Searchlight
The proliferation of cartel-sourced narcotics is evident in every U.S. state, including South Dakota's urban and rural enclaves.| South Dakota Searchlight
Federal health officials are encouraging farm workers who tend livestock and poultry to get vaccinated for seasonal influenza to help prevent a bird flu mutation.| South Dakota Searchlight
Bureau of Indian Affairs police recruits in South Dakota need a training facility closer to home, the state's junior senator says.| South Dakota Searchlight
Tribal leaders say Gov. Kristi Noem's talk of drug cartels leans on racist tropes to target their communities for a statewide problem.| South Dakota Searchlight
Yankton Sioux Tribe officials said Wednesday they know where the drugs on their tribal lands are coming from.| South Dakota Searchlight
A 155-year-old treaty is central to defining what law enforcement services the United States is obligated to provide to the Oglala Sioux Tribe. But questions still remain about what that entails and what it means for the rest of Indian Country.| South Dakota Searchlight
The state should ask for Lincoln County’s permission before building a new prison there, according to a lawsuit from a group of landowners.| South Dakota Searchlight
U.S. presidents enjoy full immunity from criminal charges for their official “core constitutional” acts, but no immunity for unofficial acts, the Supreme Court ruled.| South Dakota Searchlight
Jurors in New York state court found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.| South Dakota Searchlight
A new, permanent summer grocery program will help nearly 21 million kids across 37 states get enough to eat this year while school’s out. But 13 states with Republican governors have opted out of the federal program.| South Dakota Searchlight
The leader of the South Dakota Department of Corrections says she doesn’t want to answer to the state’s Corrections Commission.| South Dakota Searchlight
Lawmakers expressed frustration over the uncertain price tag for a proposed men’s prison in Lincoln County.| South Dakota Searchlight
The state Department of Corrections has yet to answer a series of questions on violent incidents at Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield.| South Dakota Searchlight
The South Dakota DOC has suspended text and email services for inmates and their families after an incident tied to inmate tablet computers.| South Dakota Searchlight
CANTON — The notion that South Dakota needs county permission to build a prison is absurd, a lawyer representing the state DOC says.| South Dakota Searchlight
Organizers of the campaign to enshrine abortion rights in the South Dakota state constitution announced a new leader in the effort.| South Dakota Searchlight
A bill that would further define the "life of the pregnant female" exception for abortion in South Dakota has been tabled.| South Dakota Searchlight
It may seem illogical for John Thune to run for Senate Republican leader after he was booed by Republicans in his own state, but as he says, “these aren’t normal times.”| South Dakota Searchlight
Alan Welsh wasn’t just a cop. He got a legislative commemoration for an outstanding career. Now he grows marijuana for a living.| South Dakota Searchlight
Tribal members are divided over the value of banning Gov. Noem from reservations, but say state law enforcement isn't the answer.| South Dakota Searchlight
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe said its president "informed the governor that a ban from our territories is imminent."| South Dakota Searchlight
Gov. Kristi Noem leveled accusations against Native American parents and political leaders while saying she wants to help Native American students.| South Dakota Searchlight
Gov. Kristi Noem used a speech before a joint session of the South Dakota Legislature to call the U.S.-Mexico border a “war zone” controlled by drug cartels that also use South Dakota’s reservation communities as a home base for drug distribution.| South Dakota Searchlight
A virtual meeting of the South Dakota Corrections Commission drew calls for transparency and accountability on Thursday.| South Dakota Searchlight
A legislative committee plans to analyze and question state agencies about alleged crimes within their departments.| South Dakota Searchlight
A new state government video intended to clarify South Dakota’s abortion exception has not settled disputes over the language.| South Dakota Searchlight
An organization serving South Dakotans is among 16 rural electric power cooperatives sharing in $7.3 billion from the federal government for clean energy projects that President Joe Biden announced Thursday in Wisconsin.| South Dakota Searchlight
As South Dakota voters get ready to wade through seven ballot issues in November, more are lining up for the 2026 election.| South Dakota Searchlight
An abortion rights amendment will remain on the ballot in South Dakota, but a lawsuit over petition signatures won't end before voting starts.| South Dakota Searchlight
A new National Park Service report shows six national park sites in South Dakota attracted a total of 4.6 million visits in 2023.| South Dakota Searchlight
After legal fights, counter-campaigns and bureaucratic wrangling, abortion questions in 10 states are heading to ballots in November.| South Dakota Searchlight
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has denied sentence reduction requests for two men serving time on theft charges.| South Dakota Searchlight
Just when we thought bipartisanship was dead in South Dakota, Democrats have joined Republicans in opposing Amendment H.| South Dakota Searchlight
Adjusting for the U.S. Supreme Court’s sweeping presidential immunity decision last month, U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a fresh federal indictment alleging former President Donald Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 election in his favor.| South Dakota Searchlight
Otter Tail Power Company’s customers will see a monthly increase of $4.14 on the average residential electric bill.| South Dakota Searchlight
Gov. Kristi Noem commuted the sentences of two people convicted of murder and issued 45 more pardons since February.| South Dakota Searchlight
Special Counsel Jack Smith has asked a federal appeals court to reverse the dismissal of a case alleging former President Donald Trump mishandled classified documents.| South Dakota Searchlight
The short-sighted nature of the Legislature's approach to the sales tax is coming back around to bite them right in the wallet.| South Dakota Searchlight
Gov. Kristi Noem's administration recently turned down more than $70 million of federal funds for energy and environmental programs.| South Dakota Searchlight
The voters of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe elected their first female president, according to unofficial results from the election office.| South Dakota Searchlight
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds is urging the head of a federal department to modernize the funding formula for tribal law enforcement.| South Dakota Searchlight
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine intended to address severe symptoms of the virus ahead of the cold and flu season.| South Dakota Searchlight
Leading Democrats demanded answers on Tuesday from Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su regarding allegations that certain state OSHA agencies possibly misused federal funds and gave advance notice to employers of workplace safety inspections.| South Dakota Searchlight
The Harrisburg City Council rejected an agreement that would allow the state to connect its proposed men’s prison to the city’s wastewater treatment facility.| South Dakota Searchlight
The state’s legislative oversight committee on medical marijuana was thrust into the world of synthetic THC on Monday.| South Dakota Searchlight
Reuben Bezpaletz, who was one of the main staffers for the Legislative Research Council in our state Capitol for 42 years, died this past weekend at age 77.| South Dakota Searchlight
Summit Carbon Solutions has purchased old land easement agreements from a former rival company.| South Dakota Searchlight
Federal aid is on the way to help people recover from damages caused by late June’s historic flooding in southeastern South Dakota.| South Dakota Searchlight
A now-deceased state employee used fake vehicle titles to secure around $400,000 in fraudulent loans, Attorney General Marty Jackley says.| South Dakota Searchlight
Former President Donald Trump asked a New York court to delay until after November’s presidential election his sentencing for the 34 state felonies the court convicted him of in May.| South Dakota Searchlight
The fact that lawmakers are even talking about taking action on a cellphone ban for students underscores the myth of local control.| South Dakota Searchlight
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said during a visit to South Dakota that national crime rates have declined, but challenges remain on South Dakota’s tribal reservations.| South Dakota Searchlight
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to embark on a year-long study beginning next month that will test samples for evidence of highly pathogenic avian influenza from former dairy cattle moved into meat production.| South Dakota Searchlight
Montana-Dakota Utilities received permission from state regulators to raise its rates for South Dakota natural gas and electrical customers.| South Dakota Searchlight
Secretary of State Monae Johnson is now a defendant in a lawsuit over an abortion rights ballot measure in the state of South Dakota.| South Dakota Searchlight
Douglas School District is asking the state for help building a new elementary school to accommodate rising enrollment caused by Ellsworth Air Force Base.| South Dakota Searchlight
$30 million from the federal government will help Black Hills leaders create local trust funds to support affordable housing.| South Dakota Searchlight
A state board will soon review changes to standards meant to introduce Native American culture, traditions and history into public schools.| South Dakota Searchlight
Voter turnout in the South Dakota primary was historically low at 17%. It was 27% among Republicans and 7% among Democrats, independents and non-politically affiliated voters.| South Dakota Searchlight
