ACLU of South Dakota

Senate Bill 184 would have criminalized a performer singing, dancing or acting "and exhibiting a gender identity different from the performers biological sex."

The State Senate Affairs Committee has advanced a bill making it easier for tribal members to register to vote.

We talk to the ACLU South Dakota about the bills they're watching in Pierre this session. Samantha Chapman discusses free speech, voting rights and LGBTQ+ legislation.

State lawmakers are working to reverse an election law they passed last year. The law currently in place requires that someone live in a South Dakota dwelling for 30 days to establish residency to vote.

The American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota is filing a federal lawsuit challenging the state's vanity license plate law, claiming it infringes on free speech.

Do you know your First Amendment rights? With protests expected in Rapid City ahead of former President Donald Trump’s visit, free speech advocates want to make sure folks using their voices are being safe and respected.

If ‘beerman’ can have his vanity plate – why can’t ‘beermom’? Why was “hldmybr" rejected but “beerrun” accepted? Those are real-life examples spurring a complaint over what is or isn’t allowed on South Dakota plates.

It’s been a full year since a Native American woman was shot and killed by a man who claims he acted in self-defense. The Pennington County state's attorney says she will decide soon on to how to proceed with the case. But new state laws make that choice more complicated.

A local civil rights group says a federal judge ruling against Florida’s ban on transgender health care for minors affirms their position that the laws are unconstitutional.

Misinformation spread amongst lawmakers could have played a role in the passage of House Bill 1080 – a bill prohibiting certain medical procedures for transgender youth.