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Gender-neutral language amendment certified for the ballot in South Dakota

In 2024, voters in South Dakota will decide on an amendment to make references to officeholders in the state constitution gender-neutral. The amendment would do so by changing male pronouns to specific titles.

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China is buying up more U.S. farmland. Some lawmakers consider that a security threat

Lawmakers at Tuesday's hearing on U.S.-China competition discussed a range of threats, including China's foreign farmland holdings. A South Dakota congressman argues even a small amount is concerning.

WEKU

Memories of Wounded Knee reflect mixed legacy after 50 years

Tensions were already high on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota when activists from the American Indian Movement took over the town of Wounded Knee 50 years ago on Monday

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AP WAS THERE: The occupation at Wounded Knee

Members of the American Indian Movement took over the town of Wounded Knee on Feb. 27, 1973, starting a 71-day occupation on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota

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Minnesota drought finally eases under deep snow

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota began 2023 with about half the state still in drought. It was particularly bad in the south, with a severe stretch that began almost two years ago reaching from Minneapolis to close to the South Dakota border.

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James Abourezk, 1st Arab American U.S. senator, dies at 92

James Abourezk, who was the first Arab American U.S. senator, has died

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It takes a village: Foster program is a new model of care for indigenous children

LA PLANT, S.D. — Past a gravel road lined with old white wooden buildings is a new eight-acre village dotted with colorful houses, tepees and a sweat lodge.

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Post-Roe, Native Americans face even more abortion hurdles

Getting an abortion has long been extremely difficult for Native Americans and has become even tougher since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade

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'Everybody's tired': South Dakota tribe sues US over crime

Violent crimes across the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota have increased in recent years

The Independent UK

South Dakota lawmakers seek foreign-owned land investigation

South Dakota lawmakers are advancing a number of bills that would curb Chinese influence in South Dakota’s farmland

The Independent UK

Lawmakers in GOP states target medical care for trans kids

Lawmakers in several conservative states are continuing to target transgender children with bills that prohibit gender affirming care for young people

The Independent UK

A South Dakota Senate aide's allegation roils GOP politics

The South Dakota Senate has sanctioned a member who was accused of harassing a legislative aide

The Independent UK

S. Dakota GOP leader: Senator accused of harassment

South Dakota’s Senate Republican leader says that a committee will investigate a suspended senator for allegedly harassing a legislative aide during an exchange over childhood vaccines and breastfeeding

The Independent UK

South Dakota's Noem breaks news conference tradition

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has yet to make herself available to the Capitol press during the first three weeks of the state’s legislative session

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Some Jan. 6th rioters gain sympathy for cause in red states

Some participants in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection are taking their case that the 2020 presidential election was stolen to sympathetic audiences, including elected officials, in red states

Salon

Noem vows charges over abortion pills

Anyone prescribing the pills, Noem said, "with the intent to induce an abortion is guilty of a felony"

Tribune News Service

Lack of rural lawyers leaves much of America without support

While the running joke may be that there are too many lawyers in the world, in many rural places in the United States, there are demonstrably too few.

The Independent UK

South Dakota Gov. Noem threatens charges for abortion pills

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, along with the state’s Republican attorney general, say the state will prosecute pharmacists who dispense abortion-inducing pills

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Abortion debate ramps up in states

In a post-Roe world, anti-abortion advocates are pressing for expanded abortion bans and more restrictions

The Independent UK

South Dakota's Noem says cell phone number hacked

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says that her personal cell phone number has been hacked

The Independent UK

South Dakota tribe: Storm deaths 'could have been prevented'

A Native American tribe in South Dakota says several of its members died when December storms buried their reservation in snow and left them stranded

Tribune News Service

Abortion debate ramps up in states as Congress deadlocks

Anti-abortion advocates are pressing for expanded abortion bans and tighter restrictions since the Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion. But with the debate mostly deadlocked in Washington, the focus is shifting to states convening their first full legislative sessions since Roe v. Wade was overturned.

The Independent UK

South Dakota GOP lawmakers push trans youth health care ban

A group of South Dakota Republican lawmakers are pushing a bill to outlaw gender-affirming health care for transgender youth

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EXPLAINER: List of states banning TikTok grows

Wisconsin and North Carolina have joined at least 22 other states in banning the popular social media app TikTok on state-owned devices, including Mississippi, Indiana, Louisiana and South Dakota

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