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PIERRE, S.D. – When an organization applied for a permit to protest on State Capitol grounds, Gov. Kristi Noem’s Bureau of Administration said “no.” The reason cited was that Christmas decorating was underway in the Capitol. At the time, Noem said that, “Nobody’s being denied their free speech rights. They will be accommodated.” But a […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City is in the upper eight-percent of fastest growing cities in all of the nation, and the fastest in the Midwest. That’s according to the US Census Bureau. From 2020 to 2021, Rapid city grew by nearly two percent or triple the national average. That works out to be about […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The study conducted through a survey of statehouse reporters around the country found that while the number of reporters covering statehouses increased in most states, South Dakota’s number has remained flat over the past few years. The Pew Research Center released the results of its study which analyzed the number journalists covering […]
UNDATED – The South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association releases its list of Coach of the Year honors. North Central Region 1 Position School Paul Raasch Head Boys’ Coach Langford High School Steve Sawinsky Head Girls’ Coach Herried-Selby Area HS Trent Kurtz Assistant Boys’ Coach Aberdeen Central HS Becky Erickson Assistant Girls’ Coach Groton Area HS […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration plans to freeze federal student loan payments through Aug. 31, extending a moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to postpone payments during the coronavirus pandemic, according to an administration official familiar with the White House’s decision-making. Student loan payments were scheduled to resume May 1 after being halted […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With April being National Financial Literacy Month and less than half of adults setting a budget, the free credit score website WalletHub today released its report on 2022’s Most & Least Financially Literate States. The study uses a data set of 17 key metrics, including the results of WalletHub’s Wallet Literacy Survey, […]
BISMARCK, ND – Some construction companies in North Dakota are paying workers under the table and skipping out on worker benefits to avoid paying taxes, according to local union advocates and data analysis from the University of California Berkeley Labor Center that finds the construction industry may no longer be able to offer workers “family-supporting jobs.” […]
James (Jim) Edward Johnson passed on May 1, 2024, surrounded by his family. He was born to James […]