politics and public policy

Governor Kristi Noem says her lawyers are digesting a recent ruling by a federal court judge. It rejects her lawsuit to allow fireworks at Mount Rushmore.

The state of South Dakota is using some federal COVID relief money for grants to prop up butchers across the state.

US Senator John Thune is joining Senate Republicans in blocking an independent commission to investigate the deadly insurrection at the Capitol on January 6th.

A medical marijuana program becomes law in about a month.  

A closer look at the state’s early childhood offerings shows affordability and access are not equal.

A recent SDPB survey asked more than a thousand people why they might leave and the top reason was politics.

South Dakota has joined a multi-state lawsuit.

A few hundred people gathered on the lawn of the Capitol Building to participate in the round dance and to hear from Governor Noem and tribal leaders. 

A new poll released this week confirms a connection between distrust in government and people who are hesitant about the COVID-19 vaccination.

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Chairman Harold Frazier says Governor Kristi Noem did not  consult tribal leaders about a permit for fireworks this summer at Mount Rushmore.