South Dakota primary turnout highest since 2010 election
June 9, 2022 GMTSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Officials say South Dakota recorded its largest primary election turnout in more than a decade, with roughly one in every three registered voters casting a ballot.
The 32% showing was the most since the 2010 primary, when nearly 35% of voters cast ballots in a race with several Republicans fighting for the nomination for governor.
Secretary of Health to depart Noem’s administration
December 10, 2021 GMTSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's Secretary of Health, who helped steer the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic, announced her resignation Friday.
Kim Malsam-Rysdon played a right-hand role as Noem went without most restrictions during the pandemic.
Ex-South Dakota lawmaker eyes 3rd stab at governor’s race
November 23, 2021 GMTSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Former Republican state lawmaker Lora Hubbel says she plans to run for South Dakota governor as an independent.
It would be Hubbel's third try at landing the job. She ran for the Republican nomination in 2014 and lost to then-Gov.
Sturgis bids farewell to Fischer
September 17, 2018 GMTSTURGIS — Friends, neighbors, colleagues, and people who had never even met Dave Fischer lined the streets of Sturgis Saturday to bid him farewell.
Fischer, 43, a member of the Sturgis Volunteer Fire Department, died Sept.
Whether or not there are vetoes, Legislature plans busy final day
March 24, 2018 GMTAs of Thursday evening, Gov. Dennis Daugaard hadn’t issued a veto against any legislation passed this year.
State lawmakers likely won’t know until sometime Friday (March 23) whether he has used his power to try to stop any of the 27 bills remaining on his desk from becoming state law.
Statistics tell a story on informed consent
March 18, 2018 GMTThe latest round of anti-abortion legislation that Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed into state law recently set me wondering.
Why would the Legislature pass SB 110 that specifically and repeatedly criticized Planned Parenthood?
Conditional-use permit appeals would be under single standard
March 3, 2018 GMTState courts shall use one standard when reviewing conditional use permits in South Dakota, the state Senate decided Thursday.
Senators voted 22-13 for courts to use a writ of certiorari standard, regardless of the body that approved the permit.
Senate OKs advertising inside welcome-centers on interstates
January 24, 2018 GMTThe state Department of Tourism should be allowed to contract for advertising displays in welcome-centers on South Dakota’s two interstate highways, the state Senate decided Tuesday.
Senators voted 33-1 to send SB 59 across the Capitol to the House of Representatives for the next round of deliberations.
OTHER VOICES: Workforce issue deserves focus of S.D. Legislature
January 13, 2018 GMTAs South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard prepared to deliver his eighth and final State of the State address Tuesday, it was widely reported that his agenda for the 2018 legislative session would include a focus on workforce development, a critical issue for workers and employers.
State budget is like a blizzard forecast
December 9, 2017 GMTSeriously: Who could have guessed South Dakota’s governor spoke 140 words a minute?
Dennis Daugaard revealed that odd but intriguing fact about himself Tuesday afternoon.
The governor had met with news reporters after his budget speech to a House full of state lawmakers.
A former utility regulator, now a company executive, comes up against his past
November 24, 2017 GMTChris Nelson asked Steve Kolbeck a tough question at state government’s Public Utilities Commission meeting Tuesday.
Nelson, a Republican member of the commission, wondered whether utility companies should face penalties for misreporting data in their filings.
Nebraska Keystone XL vote draws varied South Dakota response
November 20, 2017 GMTPIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard says he hopes people who exercise their First Amendment rights will do so peacefully after a Nebraska commission approved a Keystone XL oil pipeline route through that state...
Gov. Daugaard orders state capitol flags at half-staff for former Rep. Howard Kennedy
November 3, 2017 GMTPIERRE, S.D. — Gov. Dennis Daugaard is ordering flags to fly half-staff at the State Capitol on Saturday, Nov. 4, to honor the life of former state Rep. Howard Kennedy.
Kennedy, of Beresford, represented his district in the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1981 to 1992.
Governor signs bill into law on use of lakes on private land
June 13, 2017 GMTPIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard on Monday signed into law a bill that creates rules governing the use of lakes on private land for recreation, immediately re-opening many waters to outdoor enthusiasts and capping an hours-long special legislative session he called to address the issue...