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Editorial Roundup: South Dakota

Mar. 27, 2024 07:11 AM EDT

Yankton Press & Dakotan. March 25, 2024. Editorial: SD Public Defender Bill Is A Step Forward Better late than never, South Dakota stepped into a new legal era last week when Gov. Kristi Noem signed House Bill 1057, which establishes a state public defender...

Editorial Roundup: South Dakota

Mar. 20, 2024 07:12 AM EDT

Yankton Press & Dakotan. March 18, 2024. Editorial: Allegation Against SD Tribes Demands Proof Last week, Gov. Kristi Noem used a town hall meeting, which was devoted to the signing of recently passed educational bills, to lob a serious accusation at South Dakota...

A new front opens over South Dakota ballot initiatives: withdrawing signatures from petitions

Mar. 15, 2024 18:31 PM EDT

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has signed a bill to allow signers of ballot initiative petitions to revoke their signatures — a move opponents decry as a jab at direct democracy and a proposed abortion rights initiative, which would enable voters to protect abortion rights in the state...

South Dakota gov. promotes work on her teeth by Texas dentist in infomercial-style social media post

Mar. 12, 2024 23:51 PM EDT

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem posted an infomercial-style video on X Monday night lavishing praise on a team of cosmetic dentists outside her state for giving her a smile she said she can be proud of. Noem, who has showcased herself as a potential vice...

Asked to clear up abortion bans, GOP leaders blame doctors and misinformation for the confusion

Mar. 11, 2024 11:50 AM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the laws’ exceptions are dangerously unclear, resulting in denied treatment to some pregnant women in need. ...

South Dakota Legislature ends session but draws division over upcoming abortion rights initiative

Mar. 07, 2024 18:02 PM EST

South Dakota's Republican-led Legislature wrapped up on Thursday after about two months of work in a session that largely aligned with Gov. Kristi Noem's vision and drew division over an abortion rights ballot initiative voters could decide in November. Lawmakers sent a $7.3 billion...

Haley's exit from the GOP race pushes off — again — the day Americans could elect a woman president

Mar. 06, 2024 11:54 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman ascends toward the heights of American politics, with the nation's top elected office — the presidency — looming far out of reach. A man at the bottom predicts, unhelpfully: “You'll never make it, sister!” Asked the Chicago Daily Tribune, in a 1922...

Tim Scott lost his own presidential bid. But he's gotten Donald Trump's attention for vice president

Mar. 03, 2024 08:26 AM EST

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The biggest winner of the Republican primary season so far, besides Donald Trump, might be Tim Scott. The South Carolina senator failed in his own bid for president. But his enthusiastic campaigning for the former president has been generating buzz about...

South Dakota Republican lawmakers want clarity for the state's abortion laws. They propose a video

Feb. 29, 2024 16:37 PM EST

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday approved the creation of a video to outline the state’s abortion laws and to clarify when health care providers are legally allowed to intervene. The bill passed by the state Senate in a 31-3 vote...

South Dakota voters asked to approve work requirement for Medicaid expansion

Feb. 27, 2024 18:08 PM EST

South Dakota voters will decide this fall whether the state can impose work requirements on certain low-income people receiving Medicaid health care coverage, which would modify the program expansion voters approved in 2022. The Republican-controlled Legislature has put the measure...