Arielle Zionts
KHN ReporterArielle Zionts, Rural Health Care Correspondent, is based in South Dakota. She primarily covers South Dakota and its neighboring states and tribal nations.
Arielle previously worked at South Dakota Public Broadcasting, where she reported on business and economic development. Before that, she was the criminal justice reporter at the Rapid City Journal and a general assignment reporter at the Nogales International, on the border of Arizona and Mexico. She graduated from Pitzer College in Claremont, California. Arielle lives in Rapid City with her cat, Sully.
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SDPB's Business and Economic Development reporter joins us for a look at the future of sports betting in the state. -
Members of the Deadwood Gaming Association are split on whether it's a good idea to expand sports betting statewide. -
Protesters marched through downtown Rapid City and rallied in front of the federal courthouse on Monday to demand the release of Leonard Peltier after he contracted COVID-19 in prison. Peltier was convicted for his role in a fatal 1975 shooting on the Pine Ridge Reservation. -
Gov. Kristi Noem's reelection campaign has returned a donation from a Florida millionaire. -
South Dakota voters might be able to legalize mobile and internet-based sports betting across the state, not just in Deadwood casinos. -
A legislative committee has advanced a bill that supporters say will fix a "blind spot" in how the state determines whether agricultural land should be taxed as cropland or ranchland. -
A federal judge is temporarily halting new medication abortion restrictions from Gov. Kristi Noem, saying they likely violate the right to access abortion without an "undue burden." -
A South Dakota agency hopes to move forward with its plan to open a public, state-of-the-art shooting range near Rapid City, despite a legislative committee rejecting state funding for the project. -
The South Dakota Legislature is considering workplace bills that range from raises to injury compensation to COVID-19 vaccinations. -
SDPB reporters Lee Strubinger, Arielle Zionts, and Jackelyn Severin join us for a reporter roundtable. Today we highlight developments in the state legislative session regarding transgender athletes, medical marijuana, worker compensation, and the infrastructure of higher education in South Dakota.
