Articles by Travis Kriens

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota state lawmaker Rep. Jamie Smith, who leads the House Democratic caucus, said Tuesday he is running for governor. Smith’s announcement comes after a monthslong search by Democrats for a [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson of South Dakota announced Monday he is seeking reelection to a third term. The 45-year-old Republican announced his run for the state’s lone House seat in a [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A federal judge temporarily halted a South Dakota rule from taking effect that would have made the state one of the hardest places in the U.S. to get abortion pills. U.S. District Judge [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A bill to bar the sale of sweetened medical marijuana products and gummies failed to pass the South Dakota House on Thursday. The bill would have banned the sale of cannabis [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers weighing impeachment charges against the state’s attorney general said Thursday that they have been pressured by a telemarketing campaign to impeach him. House Speaker Spencer Gosch, a Republican [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled a Yankton trailer court owner isn’t liable for injuries to a child who was attacked by a tenant’s dog. Teresa Burgi appealed a case [Read More…]

BOX ELDER, S.D. (AP) — Authorities in southwestern South Dakota say a 19 year old was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly brought a loaded weapon to a high school basketball game. Box Elder police said [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Dakota State University on Wednesday announced plans for a $90 million expansion of its cybersecurity program, including the construction of a lab in Sioux Falls. At an event to announce [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls man accused in a 2020 shooting death has taken a plea deal in the case instead of going to trial. Rashaun Guest, 25, has pleaded guilty to [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Senate on Tuesday passed a spate of bills to put lawmakers’ mark on the state’s new voter-passed medical marijuana law. Several of the bills approved by the Senate would [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Monday pressured House lawmakers weighing impeachment charges against the state attorney general to release investigative files on his 2020 fatal car crash. The Republican governor [Read More…]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Republican-controlled House on Monday signaled its lawmakers want more power to look into settlement agreements after parts of a legislative probe last year were hampered as it examined Gov. [Read More…]