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A pair of bills authorizing the Unified Judicial System to create study groups are on their way to becoming law.
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A bill to construct a new women's prison in Rapid Picty comes before the legislature this year.
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Gov. Kristi Noem says her personal cell phone has been hacked following a federal data breach.
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One person is dead after a shooting in a Rapid City apartment.
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A three-lot mansion in the Prairie Hills neighborhood of Sioux Falls is set to be demolished after sitting unfinished for almost eight years despite some recent efforts to revitalize its construction.
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The Senate Judiciary committee heard testimony concerning a comprehensive package of laws from 2013 intending to find community alternatives to sending offenders to jail and prison.
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The House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to approve a study to find solutions on the rising cost of court-appointed attorneys.
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The Unified Judicial System is proposing a study of young adult offenders, to determine how to handle them in the criminal justice system.
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First Bank of Florida has argued that South Dakota courts don’t have jurisdiction to uphold the bank’s guarantee of funding in a beef deal.
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The bill was rejected last year. The state’s top judge says he wants to avoid similar legislation this year. But the lawmaker plans to bring it again.
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Efforts are underway to create Oyate Court, a criminal justice partnership between state prosecutors and tribal representatives in Tripp County, South Dakota.
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West River law enforcement are making pleas to state lawmakers about increased costs to public safety ahead of a session already defined by cutting taxes.