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PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- A bill that would not allow changes to gender on a birth certificate is half way through the legislative process in South Dakota. HB-1076 was defeated in a House committee, smoked out to the House floor and passed on a vote of thirty nine to thirty one. House Majority Leader Kent Peterson of… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state added 5 more COVID-related deaths, while active cases & hospitalization continued to drop, according to figures released by the South Dakota Department of Health today. The deaths moved the state’s overall death toll to 1,768. The state had 165 new confirmed cases and 232 recoveries, lowering active infections by… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – There are just a few days left in what has proven to be a mild January. However, it will feel a lot more like winter in the very near future, according to Laura Edwards, State Climatologist. She said January will go down as one of the warmest on record, but that… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – This summer’s Brown County Fair will have the same scheduled lineup as last year’s canceled fair with one notable exception. Sonje Oban, BCF Interim Manager, made the announcement this morning. She said people should recognize a lot of his hits. Oban is happy that people will still get an opportunity to… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – During an appearance before the Joint Committee on Appropriations, University of South Dakota President Sheila Gestring and Representative Taffy Howard of Rapid City engaged in a dialogue over diversity in higher education. Howard referenced a report from Princeton University on systemic racism on university campuses. Howard asked Gestring about the imbalance… Read more »
Rapid City Journal photo PRINGLE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota judge has ordered a secretive polygamous sect to sell it’s compound in the Black Hills to pay for a lawsuit settlement. Court documents show that a South Dakota sheriff has been ordered to sell the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints’ property… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem says she is ready to work with the Biden Administration but wants to clear up doubts about the election process. She says she has been clear about the election and the results. Noem says there are still doubts about the election in many states. Noem campaigned… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson is wading into the debate over making the District of Columbia a state. Congressional Democrats plan to introduce a statehood bill. Johnson says there are people in the District that don’t have representation in Congress. Johnson says he is proposing moving parts of the District into… Read more »
PIERRE, SD(WNAX)- A task force is working through the details of a bill passed by the South Dakota legislature last year. SB-55 mandated that the Board of Regents study their business and financial practices and come up with a report by November of this year. Regents Executive Director Brian Maher says he clearly heard the question. Maher says the task force meets again this spring. Maher appeared before the legislatures Joint Committee on Appropriations.
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The rate of positive Covid-19 infections has trailed off across the region and state over the past few weeks. In mid-November, Yankton County was seeing over 100 new infections a day with total active cases over 600 at the peak. The Yankton City Commission passed a face mask mandate in early… Read more »
