Aug 26 South Dakota AG gets fines, no jail time in pedestrian death By Stephen Groves, Associated Press Circuit Judge John Brown also ordered Ravnsborg to pay assorted court costs after the Republican entered no-contest pleas Thursday in the crash that killed Joseph Boever last September. Continue reading
Mar 29 South Dakota governor kills transgender sports bill, but orders restrictrions By Stephen Groves, Associated Press Shortly after the bill died, the governor, who has emerged as a prominent national figure in the GOP, issued two executive orders that Republican lawmakers said amounted to an effort to salvage her reputation with conservatives. Continue reading
Mar 16 Support for Medicaid expansion grows in South Dakota, one of the last red state holdouts By Daniel Bush South Dakota is one of just 12 states that have not yet expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, in the decade since the legislation was signed into law by former President Barack Obama in 2010. Continue reading
Oct 17 Rural Midwest hospitals struggling to handle virus surge By Stephen Groves, Associated Press Rural Jerauld County in South Dakota didn’t see a single case of the coronavirus for more than two months stretching from June to August. But over the last two weeks, its rate of new cases per person soared to one… Continue reading
Jul 06 South Dakota governor, exposed to virus, joined Trump on jet By Stephen Groves South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem accompanied President Donald Trump to Washington aboard Air Force One on Friday night despite having had close contact with Trump's son's girlfriend, who had tested positive for the coronavirus. Continue reading
May 13 Native American tribe says their sovereignty allows checkpoints in South Dakota By Stephen Groves The Republican governor says the checkpoints are illegal and that she asked the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Oglala Sioux Tribe to restrict them to tribal roads only. But Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe chairman Harold Frazier made clear to The… Continue reading
May 06 Watch 7:28 Sen. Thune on why he isn't rushing to add state and local coronavirus funding The issue of whether to provide states and cities with additional federal funding is one of many challenges confronting Congress during the coronavirus pandemic. South Dakota Sen. John Thune, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss… Continue watching
May 04 WATCH: South Dakota governor gives coronavirus update By Associated Press South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is holding a news conference to give an update on the state's efforts to fight the novel coronavirus. Continue reading
Apr 24 WATCH: South Dakota governor gives coronavirus update By Erica R. Hendry Noem is expected to speak at 11 a.m. ET. Watch the governor's remarks here. Continue reading
Apr 23 WATCH: South Dakota governor gives coronavirus update By Justin Stabley South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is holding a news conference to give an update on the state's efforts to fight the novel coronavirus. Continue reading