Nov 01 Hourslong drives and huge bills. Here’s what the pregnant and uninsured face in South Dakota By Laura Santhanam Fear of financial ruin is enough to compel people to gamble with their health. Will South Dakota voters choose to expand Medicaid?… Continue reading
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 10 Oglala and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes buy land near Wounded Knee massacre site By Stephen Groves, Associated Press Two American Indian tribes in South Dakota have joined forces to purchase 40 acres around the Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark, the site of one of the deadliest massacres in U.S. history. 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 26 Watch 9:12 Sen. Thune on why he opposes Biden’s student loan plan, the affidavit in Mar-a-Lago search By PBS NewsHour President Biden's plan to cancel thousands of dollars in student loan debt for millions of borrowers has raised criticism from the Republican ranks. Many have called the plan unfair and believe it could worsen inflation and does little to address… Continue watching
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
Apr 13 South Dakota attorney general impeached over fatal 2020 car crash By Stephen Groves, Associated Press The South Dakota House has impeached state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg over a 2020 car crash in which he killed a pedestrian but initially said he might have struck a deer or another large animal. Continue reading