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Both of South Dakota’s Republican U.S. senators oppose the $1 trillion dollar infrastructure bill. The Senate passed the legislation, which now goes to the House.
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Governor Kristi Noem arrived in Deadwood by horse, where she attended an auction that raised $149,000 for charity. Noem then swapped her horse for a motorcycle and took off to the Buffalo Chip campground near Sturgis.
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The state Department of Education released a draft of social studies content standards last week. However, those standards differ from the draft a working group submitted.
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A Republican state lawmaker is signaling a primary challenge against U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson.
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Governor Kristi Noem says the Board of Regents has approved a draft policy restricting the teaching of critical race theory in the state’s universities.
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A recent executive order by Governor Kristi Noem calls the work of an anti-racist author “infused with factual errors.”
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About half of South Dakota counties are protected by the new federal eviction ban as 96% of federal housing aid to the state remains unspent.
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Department of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Attorney General Merrick Garland are working to establish “The Not Invisible Act Commission.” It’s in response to the missing and murdered Indigenous people’s crisis in the United States.
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Carbon is a greenhouse gas that traps heat in the atmosphere and causes global warming. More and more companies are pledging to offset their carbon footprint.
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South Dakota prison employees will receive temporary bonuses and raises for certain kinds of work, according to an email obtained by SDPB.