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Journalist, author and editor-in-chief of
@southdakotasearchlight.com
for
@statesnewsroom.com
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South Dakota Searchlight
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Three years ago, barely half of Norris Elementary's students came to school regularly. Now attendance is above 90%. Staff at the predominately Native American school credit one-on-one engagement with students and families, and Lakota language and cultural programming.
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‘We can do it’: A rural school near two Native American reservations nearly doubles its attendance • South Dakota Searchlight
Attendance at a school in southwestern South Dakota has nearly doubled in three years. School leaders say engagement and cultural programming are the keys.
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1 day ago
As childhood
#vaccination
rates fall, diseases once considered eradicated are back and spreading. In an episode of "Stories from the States," a podcast from
@statesnewsroom.com
, a doctor shares how her state is reacting to confusing and polarizing information from the
#CDC
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Who decides what vaccines a child should get? • South Dakota Searchlight
As childhood vaccination rates fall, several diseases once considered eradicated are back and spreading, most notably measles and whooping cough.
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South Dakota Searchlight
2 days ago
The South Dakota Highway Patrol didn’t visit Brookings for a saturation patrol that had been announced in advance by the city’s leadership. Troopers went to Winner and Sturgis for the ninth set of patrols undertaken as part of Gov. Larry Rhoden’s
#OperationPrairieThunder
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State saturation patrols go to Sturgis and Winner, but not Brookings after public notification • South Dakota Searchlight
The South Dakota Highway Patrol didn’t visit Brookings for a saturation patrol that had been announced in advance by the city’s leadership.
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South Dakota Searchlight
2 days ago
The Iowa Utilities Commission will have to decide whether
#SummitCarbonSolutions
can change the ending destination for its carbon sequestration pipeline before a case against the company’s permit can proceed, an Iowa court ruled. Via
@iowacapitaldispatch.com
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Iowa judge pauses Summit opponents' lawsuit while proposed permit changes proceed • South Dakota Searchlight
The IUC will have to decide on a permit amendment for Summit Carbon Solutions before a case against the permit can proceed.
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/12/24/repub/iowa-judge-pauses-summit-opponents-lawsuit-while-proposed-permit-changes-proceed/
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South Dakota Searchlight
3 days ago
President Donald Trump’s administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default beginning early next year, the U.S. Education Department said. Via
@statesnewsroom.com
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Trump administration to garnish wages for defaulted student loans • South Dakota Searchlight
President Donald Trump’s administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default beginning early next year.
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South Dakota Searchlight
3 days ago
The U.S. Department of Justice released thousands more files related to the late sex offender
#JeffreyEpstein
, with several referencing President Donald Trump. Via
@statesnewsroom.com
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Trump appears in several files of latest Epstein release • South Dakota Searchlight
The U.S. Department of Justice released thousands more files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with several referencing President Trump.
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South Dakota Searchlight
3 days ago
South Dakota’s Republican attorney general asked a judge for a court order to stop an abortion-rights ad campaign by a New York-based nonprofit, Mayday Health. The ads direct people to information about
#abortion
pills.
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State seeks court order to stop abortion-pill ad campaign • South Dakota Searchlight
The organization behind the advertisements did not comply with a cease-and-desist letter from the state's attorney general.
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South Dakota Searchlight
3 days ago
A South Dakota law that prevents drug companies from restricting federal drug discounts for hospitals and other providers will remain in effect while a lawsuit against it proceeds, a judge has decided.
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South Dakota law protecting drug discounts for hospitals stays in effect as lawsuit proceeds • South Dakota Searchlight
Chicago-based AbbVie Inc. sued the state earlier this year in the U.S. District Court of South Dakota over a law passed in March.
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South Dakota Searchlight
3 days ago
Inmates in Montana are suing a food service company based in South Dakota, alleging that blood dripped into a pasta dish and infected some inmates with hepatitis C. Via
@dailymontanan.com
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Montana inmates sue SD-based jail food service for Hepatitis C exposure • South Dakota Searchlight
A food service vendor working at the Cascade County Detention Center allegedly ordered contaminated food sent to inmates, even after learning about it.
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South Dakota Searchlight
3 days ago
The number of preventable prison deaths in South Dakota should spark serious responses, candidates for the state’s top elected post say.
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Governor candidates say prison overdoses need stronger response • South Dakota Searchlight
The number of preventable prison deaths in South Dakota should spark serious responses, candidates for the state’s top elected post say.
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/12/23/governor-candidates-say-prison-overdoses-need-stronger-response/
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South Dakota Searchlight
3 days ago
No state that borders South Dakota has publicly confirmed a lethal overdose in a state prison in 2025. South Dakota has reported eight.
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South Dakota outpaces neighbors in fatal prison overdoses • South Dakota Searchlight
No state that borders South Dakota has publicly confirmed a lethal overdose in a state prison in 2025. South Dakota has had eight.
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/12/23/south-dakota-outpaces-neighbors-in-fatal-prison-overdoses/
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South Dakota Searchlight
4 days ago
Since Inauguration Day, more than 1.5 million
#immigrants
have either lost or will lose their temporary legal status, including their work authorizations and deportation protections, due to President Donald Trump’s aggressive revocation of legal immigration. Via
@statesnewsroom.com
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Trump canceled temporary legal status for more than 1.5 million immigrants in 2025 • South Dakota Searchlight
It’s the most rapid loss in legal status for immigrants in recent United States history, experts in immigration policy told States Newsroom.
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South Dakota Searchlight
4 days ago
A program that helps farmers pass their operations along to their children got a $200,000 boost from a South Dakota government fund under the exclusive control of the governor.
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Governor-controlled fund gives $200,000 to program that helps farmers with estate planning • South Dakota Searchlight
A program that helps farmers pass their operations along to their children got a $200,000 boost from a South Dakota government fund.
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South Dakota Searchlight
4 days ago
Jordan Ward isn’t one of the eight men killed by an overdose in a South Dakota prison in 2025, but a lawsuit filed this year over his 2022 death in custody offers insight into how drugs sometimes make their way into the hands of inmates.
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Lawsuit in 2022 overdose death offers window into drug problem in state prisons • South Dakota Searchlight
A lawsuit filed this year over a 2022 death in custody offers insight into how drugs sometimes make their way into the hands of inmates.
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/12/22/lawsuit-in-2022-overdose-death-offers-window-into-drug-problem-in-state-prisons/
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South Dakota Searchlight
4 days ago
Willingness to meet inmates where they’re at and respond to their needs as individuals are pillars of what one former incarcerated South Dakotan calls "moral leadership." He said that's needed to stop a spate of overdose deaths in the state's prisons.
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‘Moral leadership’ needed to stop South Dakota prison overdose deaths, inmates and activists say • South Dakota Searchlight
Activists for prison reform in South Dakota see rehabilitation and addiction treatment as key to solving prison drug problems.
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South Dakota Searchlight
4 days ago
The chairman of a South Dakota economic development board not only sits on the corporate board for a company benefiting from millions in state aid but also has connections to the company’s landlord.
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SD economic development chair has multiple ties to food company receiving millions in state aid • South Dakota Searchlight
The chairman of a state economic development board not only sits on the corporate board for a company benefiting from millions in state aid but also has connections to the company’s landlord.
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/12/22/sd-economic-development-chair-has-multiple-ties-to-food-company-receiving-millions-in-state-aid/
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South Dakota Searchlight
4 days ago
International student enrollment across South Dakota’s six public universities dropped this fall by 76 students. The drop, which comes amid a Trump administration immigration crackdown, follows a 10-year high last fall that capped four straight years of increases.
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International student numbers decline in South Dakota amid immigration crackdown • South Dakota Searchlight
The overall enrollment of international students across South Dakota’s six public universities dropped by 76 students, from 2,233 to 2,157.
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South Dakota Searchlight
4 days ago
The U.S. Department of Justice has sent a confidential draft agreement to more than a dozen states, including South Dakota, that would require election officials to remove any alleged ineligible voters identified during a federal review of their voter rolls. Via
@stateline.org
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Trump’s DOJ offers states, including SD, confidential deal to remove voters flagged by feds • South Dakota Searchlight
The move is part of the Trump administration’s effort to obtain unredacted voter rolls, with one of its attorneys saying 11 states have shown a "willingness to comply."
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/12/22/repub/trumps-doj-offers-states-including-sd-confidential-deal-to-remove-voters-flagged-by-feds/
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South Dakota Searchlight
6 days ago
Dana Hess considers pledges by South Dakota gubernatorial candidates to use Department of Government Efficiency-style tactics: "If we learned anything from watching the slash and burn techniques employed by
#DOGE
, it’s that chainsaws are best left to lumberjacks." Commentary:
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A scalpel, not a DOGE chainsaw, is the best approach for state budget cuts • South Dakota Searchlight
If we learned anything from watching the slash and burn techniques employed by DOGE, it’s that chainsaws are best left to lumberjacks.
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South Dakota Searchlight
7 days ago
The Department of Justice began releasing thousands of records related to
#JeffreyEpstein
. The trove reviewed by
@statesnewsroom.com
contains images of Epstein with celebrities including Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, David Copperfield and former President Bill Clinton.
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Department of Justice releases new documents, photos as part of Epstein files • South Dakota Searchlight
The Department of Justice began releasing thousands of records related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/12/19/repub/department-of-justice-releases-new-documents-photos-as-part-of-epstein-files/
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South Dakota Searchlight
7 days ago
A company benefiting from $69 million in state grant and loan approvals has South Dakota's former economic development chief as an employee and the chairman of the state's economic development board as a corporate board member. That's caused lawmakers to raise ethical questions.
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Company that hired state's former head of economic development benefits from $69 million in aid • South Dakota Searchlight
The state funding is helping CJ Schwan’s build a $550 million food production plant in Sioux Falls that will have 600 employees.
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South Dakota Searchlight
7 days ago
The November overdose death of a state prison inmate in Sioux Falls has drawn charges from the attorney general against a former Department of Corrections medical staffer and a man who’s already serving a 65-year sentence.
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Attorney general charges inmate, former penitentiary employee in one of eight fatal prison overdoses • South Dakota Searchlight
The November overdose death of a state prison inmate in Sioux Falls has drawn charges for a former employee and prisoner.
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/12/19/inmate-and-former-penitentiary-employee-indicted-in-one-of-eight-fatal-prison-overdoses/
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South Dakota Searchlight
7 days ago
Homeland Security Secretary
#KristiNoem
said she was suspending applications for a diversity visa program because the man suspected of killing two Brown University students and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor obtained a green card through the program in 2017.
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Trump administration moves to pause diversity visa program after Brown, MIT shootings • South Dakota Searchlight
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she was suspending applications for a diversity visa program because the man suspected of killing two Brown University students and a Massachusetts…
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South Dakota Searchlight
8 days ago
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says the Highway Patrol has logged $43,000 of overtime for troopers during a saturation patrol initiative known as Operation Prairie Thunder.
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State tallies $43,000 in trooper overtime costs during Operation Prairie Thunder • South Dakota Searchlight
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says a saturation patrol initiative has had a minimal impact on the Highway Patrol’s budget.
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South Dakota Searchlight
8 days ago
A panel of appellate judges seemed skeptical during Thursday oral arguments that the Trump administration erred in relying on a decades-old statute to require millions of noncitizens to register with the federal government and carry documentation. Via
@statesnewsroom.com
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Judges hear case on requiring immigrants without legal status to register and carry documents • South Dakota Searchlight
A panel of appellate judges seemed skeptical during oral arguments that the Trump administration erred in relying on a decades-old statute to require millions of noncitizens to register with the…
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South Dakota Searchlight
8 days ago
South Dakota’s State Economist Derek Johnson told the state Banking Commission that a sluggish farm economy, driven by lower soybean, corn and wheat prices, has been a major factor holding down recent state sales tax collections.
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South Dakota state economist says sluggish farm economy has held back sales tax revenues • South Dakota Searchlight
The state economist told the Banking Commission that a sluggish farm economy has been holding down recent sales tax collections.
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/briefs/south-dakota-state-economist-says-sluggish-farm-economy-has-held-back-sales-tax-revenues/
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South Dakota Searchlight
8 days ago
September
#unemployment
rates rose in 25 states and fell in 21 compared with last year, the government reported recently in a shutdown-delayed analysis. South Dakota had the nation's lowest rate. Via
@stateline.org
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Shutdown-delayed analysis shows rising unemployment in half the states; South Dakota has lowest rate • South Dakota Searchlight
September unemployment rates rose in 25 states and fell in 21 compared with last year, the government reported Dec. 11 in a shutdown-delayed analysis.
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/12/18/repub/shutdown-delayed-analysis-shows-rising-unemployment-in-half-the-states-south-dakota-has-lowest-rate/
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South Dakota Searchlight
9 days ago
Fights and serious injuries spiked higher in South Dakota’s state
#prisons
last year than at any point since at least 2018, according to a report released by the state Department of Corrections.
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Fights and injuries spiked in South Dakota prisons in 2025 • South Dakota Searchlight
Fights and serious injuries spiked higher in South Dakota’s state prisons last year than at any point since at least 2018.
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/briefs/fights-and-injuries-spiked-in-south-dakota-prisons-in-2025/
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South Dakota Searchlight
9 days ago
The South Dakota Department of Health is warning the public about a potential
#measles
exposure at the Rapid City Regional Airport. The notification came as the agency’s website lists three new measles cases in the state since November.
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Health Department warns of measles exposure in Rapid City • South Dakota Searchlight
The South Dakota Department of Health is warning the public about a potential measles exposure at the Rapid City Regional Airport.
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/12/17/health-department-warns-of-measles-exposure-in-rapid-city/
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South Dakota Searchlight
10 days ago
For the fourth year in a row, Native American children made up more than 70% of children in the South Dakota
#FosterCare
system at the end of the state’s fiscal year.
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70% of children in South Dakota foster care are Native American, state says • South Dakota Searchlight
That’s six times higher than Indigenous children’s representation in the state’s population. White children, by comparison, make up 70% of the state’s population but 23% of the state’s foster care…
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/12/16/70-of-children-in-south-dakota-foster-care-are-native-american-state-says/
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South Dakota Searchlight
10 days ago
A $300 million gift from South Dakota philanthropist
#DennySanford
to Sanford Health to support the construction of a new medical center in Rapid City was the fifth largest charitable donation in the country this year, according to
@chronphilanthropy.bsky.social
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$300 million Sanford gift ranks as fifth biggest charitable donation of the year • South Dakota Searchlight
A $300 million gift to Sanford Health to support the construction of a new medical center in Rapid City was the fourth largest charitable donation in the country this year, according to The Chronicle…
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South Dakota Searchlight
11 days ago
A South Dakota school accountability board rejected a legislative committee’s earlier decision to waive penalties for schools that had too much cash saved up, prolonging a standoff that board members don’t yet know how to resolve.
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Standoff continues as school accountability board rejects lawmakers’ penalty suggestions • South Dakota Searchlight
A school accountability board rejected a legislative committee’s decision to waive penalties for two schools that had too much cash saved up.
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South Dakota Searchlight
11 days ago
Fifteen more people have graduated from a South Dakota program that helps
#paraprofessionals
become
#teachers
, pushing the total number of graduates past 70. More about the program:
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Paraprofessional-to-teacher apprenticeship now has 70 graduates, department reports • South Dakota Searchlight
Fifteen more people graduated this month from a South Dakota program helping paraprofessionals become teachers.
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/12/15/paraprofessional-teacher-apprenticeship-70-graduates-south-dakota-education-department-reports/
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South Dakota Searchlight
11 days ago
There are 273 unidentified deceased Indigenous peoples across the country. In an effort to return them to their families, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and South Dakota are offering a free DNA drive this week. Via
@ict-news.bsky.social
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DNA drive aims to help bring the remains of 273 unidentified Indigenous people home • South Dakota Searchlight
RAPID CITY, South Dakota – There are 273 unidentified deceased Indigenous peoples across the country. A DNA drive aims to identify them.
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/12/15/dna-drive-aims-to-help-bring-the-remains-of-273-unidentified-indigenous-people-home/
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South Dakota Searchlight
12 days ago
South Dakota’s success rate for keeping truancy cases out of court is the lowest it’s been in a decade, according to an annual report presented to a state committee.
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South Dakota having less success keeping truancy cases out of court • South Dakota Searchlight
South Dakota’s success rate for truancy cases is the lowest it's been in a decade, according to an annual report.
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/12/14/diverted-truancy-cases-success-rate-continues-to-decline-after-2021-law-change-report-shows/
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14 days ago
In an exceprt from her new memoir, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve examines the people and locations that shaped her in South Dakota.
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The ‘vanishing Indian’ myth, and other distortions of Native American life • South Dakota Searchlight
The following excerpt is reprinted with permission from the new memoir “Special Places, Sacred Circles,” published by the South Dakota Historical Society Press and written by author and Rosebud Sioux…
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South Dakota Searchlight
14 days ago
South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden's 'Operation Prairie Thunder' campaign quietly targeted Yankton, Huron and Belle Fource in November, and again this month. On Friday, the highway patrol confirmed its presence in those cities, saying 75 were jailed during the saturation patrols.
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‘Prairie Thunder’ campaign targets Huron, Belle Fourche and Yankton • South Dakota Searchlight
A campaign that’s put dozens of extra state troopers on city streets this fall put 75 people in jail in Huron, Belle Fourche and Yankton.
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South Dakota Searchlight
15 days ago
The U.S. Senate sent President Donald Trump a bill, supported by South Dakota's congressional delegation, that would protect a portion of the
#WoundedKneeMassacre
site on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
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Wounded Knee Massacre site protection bill passes Congress • South Dakota Searchlight
The U.S. Senate sent President Trump a bill that would protect a portion of the Wounded Knee Massacre site on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
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South Dakota Searchlight
15 days ago
The South Dakota Board of Regents introduced proposed changes to the public university system’s housing and meal plan policy, in response to failed legislation to remove on-campus living requirements.
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University system considers housing, meal policy revisions after legislator tried to force changes • South Dakota Searchlight
The South Dakota Board of Regents introduced proposed changes to the public university system’s housing and meal plan policy.
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/12/11/sd-university-system-considers-policy-changes-after-legislators-failed-attempt-remove-housing-meal-requirements/
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South Dakota Searchlight
15 days ago
Farmers across the country may soon receive a share of a $12 billion farm aid package, as promised by President Donald Trump. But some South Dakota
#farmers
say it’s not the change they want to see: “I would rather have trade deals than bailouts."
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‘We need fundamental changes’: SD farmers react to Trump’s farm aid payments • South Dakota Searchlight
The president announced a multi-billion dollar payout to American farmers, but some growers in South Dakota want to see more stable change.
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South Dakota Searchlight
15 days ago
A new presidential proclamation aimed at the tech industry’s use of H-1B visas is making it harder for rural health providers to hire staff, reports
@kffhealthnews.org
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Rural health providers could be collateral damage from $100,000 Trump visa fee • South Dakota Searchlight
A new presidential proclamation aimed at the tech industry’s use of H-1B visas is making it harder for rural health providers to hire staff.
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South Dakota Searchlight
16 days ago
SD's Rep. Dusty Johnson voted against advancing the bill, but the U.S. House agreed to consider legislation that would void an executive order from President Donald Trump. The order stripped collective bargaining rights for roughly 1 million federal workers.
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Rare US House bipartisan vote advances bill rejecting Trump federal-worker bargaining ban • South Dakota Searchlight
The U.S. House agreed to consider a bill that would void President Donald Trump’s executive order stripping collective bargaining rights for roughly 1 million federal workers.
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South Dakota Searchlight
16 days ago
South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden awarded $1 million from a fund he controls to help pay for two business parks in Aberdeen. That's the home of one of his opponents in next year's race for the Republican nomination for governor.
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Governor awards $1 million for business parks in hometown of political opponent • South Dakota Searchlight
Gov. Larry Rhoden has awarded $1 million from a fund he controls to help fund two business parks in the hometown of a political opponent.
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South Dakota Searchlight
16 days ago
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend $700 million to support regenerative agriculture as part of the Make America Healthy Again agenda, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced. Via
@statesnewsroom.com
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Trump administration tags $700 million for regenerative farming • South Dakota Searchlight
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend $700 million to support regenerative agriculture as part of the Make America Healthy Again agenda.
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South Dakota Searchlight
16 days ago
South Dakota’s Republican attorney general is threatening a lawsuit and ordering a national nonprofit to cease and desist “the deceptive advertising of the sale of
#abortion
pills in South Dakota,” but the organization is not signaling that it will stop its advertising campaign.
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State issues cease-and-desist to national nonprofit sponsoring abortion pill ads • South Dakota Searchlight
South Dakota’s attorney general is threatening a lawsuit and ordering a nonprofit to cease and desist “the deceptive advertising of the sale of abortion pills."
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/12/10/state-issues-cease-and-desist-to-national-nonprofit-sponsoring-abortion-pill-ads/
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South Dakota Searchlight
16 days ago
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, has requested an investigation into U.S.
#PostalService
delivery delays in South Dakota, saying "I believe these issues are caused by the flawed design of the USPS network."
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Senator requests investigation into South Dakota mail delays • South Dakota Searchlight
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, has requested an investigation into Postal Service delivery delays in South Dakota.
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South Dakota Searchlight
17 days ago
A bill that U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, says would modernize federal permitting passed the House unanimously. According to Johnson, the federal permitting process “has failed to ensure project permitting is on-time and on-task.”
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Bill sponsored by SD congressman to modernize permitting passes House • South Dakota Searchlight
A bill that U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, says would modernize federal permitting passed the House unanimously.
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South Dakota Searchlight
17 days ago
A new U.S. Senate Republican bill would not address expiring
#ACA
marketplace tax credits but would send payments to certain Americans through Health Savings Accounts to cover some of the cost of health care. Via
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US Senate GOP rolls out health care plan that fails to extend premium subsidies • South Dakota Searchlight
The 32-page GOP bill would not address the expiring ACA marketplace tax credits but would send payments to certain Americans through Health Savings Accounts to cover some of the cost of health care.
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17 days ago
There’s a new ad campaign promoting
#abortion
pills at dozens of gas station pumps across South Dakota, and state officials said they’ll investigate it for potentially deceptive trade practices and possible violations of the state’s anti-abortion laws.
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State pledges investigation as national group launches abortion-pill ads in South Dakota • South Dakota Searchlight
As an abortion-rights advocate campaign begins at South Dakota gas stations, state officials plan to investigate.
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/12/09/state-pledges-investigation-as-national-group-launches-abortion-pill-ads-in-south-dakota/
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17 days ago
The U.S. Department of Education announced a proposed agreement that would permanently axe an income-driven
#StudentLoans
repayment plan in which more than 7 million student loan borrowers are enrolled. Via
@statesnewsroom.com
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Trump administration aims to officially scrap Biden-era student loan forgiveness program • South Dakota Searchlight
Under a joint proposal with seven Republican-led states that challenged the program, the department would not enroll any new borrowers in the Saving on a Valuable Education, or SAVE, plan.
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