More than 100 South Dakota landowners are faced with eminent domain lawsuits as a major carbon capture company constructs a more than 2,000-mile pipeline spanning the upper midwestern plains. The pipeline is a project by Summit Carbon Solutions, with the goal of extracting CO2 emissions […]

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South Dakota scored a major win for election integrity on Tuesday by becoming the first state in 2023 to ban ranked-choice voting (RCV) in elections, with Idaho potentially following suit. On Tuesday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed SB 55, which stipulates that the state’s board of […]

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South Dakota and Montana have joined a growing number of states working toward banning the use of ranked-choice voting (RCV) in elections. On Wednesday, the South Dakota House of Representatives passed SB 55, which stipulates that the state’s board of elections “may not authorize” and […]

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It’s curious that in one of the reddest states in the nation, which boasts both a Republican governor and a whopping 90 percent GOP majority legislature, the child-mutilation business would be allowed not only to exist but to flourish. But thanks to Gov. Kristi Noem’s […]

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South Dakota State University hosted a “kid-friendly” drag show last month, on state property and in a taxpayer-funded building. More than a month later, the South Dakota Board of Regents, the governing body of the public university whose members are appointed by the governor, voted […]

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South Dakota State University hosted a “kid-friendly” drag show, on state property and in a taxpayer-funded building, that may be illegal under the state’s “harmful to minors” legislation, yet the state’s Republican Gov. Kristi Noem has not taken any steps to rectify the situation. Noem […]

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