Oct 13 Medicaid expansion is on the ballot in South Dakota. Here’s what voters think By Laura Santhanam If a majority of South Dakota voters support Amendment D on Nov. 8, tens of thousands of people in the state could receive health care coverage under Medicaid expansion. Continue reading
Sep 21 South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem sued over release of travel expense records By Stephen Groves, Associated Press South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is facing a lawsuit after her office refused to release expense records on five out-of-state trips this year to a liberal watchdog group. Continue reading
Sep 09 Documents show Gov. Kristi Noem tried to avoid ethics hearing, seal records By Stephen Groves, Associated Press South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem asked a state ethics board to dismiss a complaint against her without a public hearing and to seal off certain records. Continue reading
Aug 22 Ethics board says South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem may have ‘engaged in misconduct’ By Stephen Groves, Associated Press A South Dakota ethics board has found enough information that Noem may have "engaged in misconduct" when she intervened in her daughter's application for a real estate appraiser license to potentially take action against the Republican governor. Continue reading
Jun 07 South Dakota’s Gov. Kristi Noem, Sen. John Thune survive GOP primary By Stephen Groves, Associated Press South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has won the Republican primary for another term, defeating a former legislative leader who accused her of using the office to mount a 2024 White House bid. Continue reading
Jun 06 2022 South Dakota Primary Election Results By Stephen Groves, Associated Press South Dakota's election results and maps for the 2022 midterm primary elections. Continue reading
Mar 02 South Dakota lawmakers pass restrictive abortion pill laws under dispute in federal court By Stephen Groves, Associated Press The South Dakota Legislature has passed a proposal from Gov. Kristi Noem that aims to make the state one of the hardest places in the U.S. to get abortion pills. But it won't actually be enacted unless the state prevails… Continue reading
Feb 03 South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signs transgender athlete ban By Stephen Groves, Associated Press South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem has signed a bill that will ban transgender girls and college-age women from playing in school sports leagues that match their gender identity. Continue reading
Jan 27 Judge temporarily halts South Dakota Governor Noem’s in-person abortion pill rule By Stephen Groves, Associated Press Gov. Kristi Noem initiated the rule change through an executive order. It would have required abortion-seekers to return to a doctor to receive the second of two drugs used for a medication abortion. Continue reading
Jan 06 South Dakota makes it harder for women to get abortion meds By Stephen Groves, Associated Press The rule approved Thursday requires women to return to a doctor to receive the second of two drugs used to carry out a medication abortion. Usually women receive both drugs in one visit, but take the second medication at home. Continue reading