Nearly 33% of the 7,386 state legislative seats in the U.S. are occupied by women, and an estimated 23% of lawmakers are mothers.

Still, child care, money and time keep many women from running for office. southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/05/11/mom…

' #KristiNoem has no one to blame but herself for her current predicament. She sought to be a national leader and instead became a national punchline. Her fate is made all the more bitter by the fact that it didn’t have to be this way.'

Commentary: southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/05/11/no-…

Six of the nine Native American tribes in South Dakota have now voted to ban Gov. #KristiNoem from their lands.

The latest is the Yankton Sioux Tribe:
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Since 2014, South Dakota voters have raised the minimum wage, capped payday loan interest and expanded Medicaid. This year, they could consider abortion rights and the sales tax on groceries.

One man has played a part in all of it. Meet Rick Weiland: southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/05/10/man…

The Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety is funded at 15% of its needs, its acting chief told members of Congress.

Multiple tribes also pressed for better education funding during two days of testimony on federal funding in Indian Country. southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/05/10/ogl…

The U.S. Senate struck a deal to reauthorize several #FAA programs for the next five years.

SD Republicans John Thune and Mike Rounds voted yes and touted impacts to safety, pilot shortages, infrastructure, rural air service, drone regulation and more.
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The federal #AffordableConnectivityProgram has provided discounts toward #internet service for low-income and tribal households.

Now, without additional funding from Congress, more than 23 million households across the country have begun to lose the aid. southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/05/10/as-…

“I think higher for longer,” an economist told the South Dakota Banking Commission about #InterestRates .

Details: southdakotasearchlight.com/briefs/interes…

South Dakota has joined a group of states, led by North Dakota and West Virginia, asking a federal court to review new pollution standards impacting the #coal industry. southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/05/09/nor…

An intern found and reported a fossil in South Dakota's #BadlandsNationalPark , and it turned out to be a previously unknown type of tiny, hornless deer that lived in the area 32 million years ago, the National Park Service says. southdakotasearchlight.com/briefs/fossil-…

The U.S. attorney general has proposed loosening the illegal status of #marijuana at the federal level.

Here are some questions and answers covering what is known at this early stage about what rescheduling would and would not do: southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/05/09/sti…

During the fallout from revelations about her new book, Gov. #KristiNoem has faced tough questions from an array of media outlets and ridicule on late-night TV.

Here's a playlist of Noem's memorable media appearances: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

On a party-line vote that included a yes from SD Rep. Dusty Johnson, U.S. House Republicans passed a bill to add a citizenship question to the #census and exclude noncitizens from the count when determining representation in Congress and electoral votes. southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/05/08/u-s…

South Dakota Republican Dusty Johnson was among those voting against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's attempt to oust the speaker of the U.S. House. southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/05/08/u-s…

The U.S. House passed a bill that would loosen a restriction on #mining operations, reversing a vote last week to return the bill to committee.

South Dakota Republican Dusty Johnson cast one of the votes in favor of the legislation. southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/05/08/on-…

During a series of contentious interviews, Gov. #KristiNoem has repeatedly said a story in her new book about fatally shooting a dog was already widely known and used against her in South Dakota.

But her former political opponents say that's not true.
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The commissioner of the FDA said the agency is preparing for the possibility the strain of #AvianInfluenza affecting dairy cattle could jump to humans, though he cautioned the probability is low. South Dakota is among the states with detections in cattle. southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/05/08/fda…

U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, introduced legislation that would prevent the federal government from implementing a rule requiring the use of electronic identification tags on cattle and bison. southdakotasearchlight.com/briefs/rounds-…

Adult film star #StormyDaniels told a Manhattan jury about meeting #DonaldTrump in a penthouse suite in 2006, where he told the actress not to worry about his wife and that she reminded him of his daughter shortly before they had sex. southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/05/07/por…

For the second time, a committee of state lawmakers denied an attempt by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to increase the number of waterfowl licenses for out-of-state hunters, leaving the controversial rule change’s future in doubt. southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/05/07/law…