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HOUSTON (AP) — A coalition of states suing to stop President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration alleges the government misled a judge about not implementing part of the plan before the judge temporarily halted it. The allegation comes after the Justice Department said in court documents this week that federal officials had given 100,000 […]

FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Now that John Graham is in prison for life for murdering Annie Mae Aquash in December 1975 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, perhaps other cold cases related to the Wounded Knee incidents four decades ago can be solved, Attorney General Marty Jackley said during a presentation. Jackley prosecuted Graham […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard says he will sign a measure to change the state’s so-called “Daschle law” that bars a presidential candidate from seeking another office on the same South Dakota ballot. Daugaard said on Friday he will approve a proposal to remove the prohibition. The original Republican-backed measure in 2002 faced […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard says he hasn’t decided whether to veto a measure to exempt South Dakota’s youngest workers from the $8.50 minimum wage voters approved in November. The Legislature has approved the measure. Daugaard said Friday he wants to consider arguments around the plan, which would carve out a .buy flagyl […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Lawmakers and others fighting child sexual abuse in South Dakota have secured help from Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s administration to continue studying how to address the issue after a proposal to authorize the work faced a surprise defeat in the Legislature. Daugaard and members of Jolene’s Law Task Force said on Friday […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state Game, Fish and Parks Commission is proposing to allow more hunters to take elk in the Black Hills this season. The commission met in Pierre this week for its March meeting. Commissioners proposed increasing the number of firearm elk licenses to 930, up from 2014’s 630, for the Black […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A House panel has voted down a measure to allow municipalities to temporarily collect up to an additional penny of sales tax for capital expenditures with local voters’ support. The House State Affairs Committee voted 7-6 to defeat the proposal, which advocates say would help city infrastructure and help communities thrive. […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A federal judge in Rapid City has delayed a ruling in an Indian child welfare case on whether a circuit judge must turn over his records of conversations with his fellow judges. The Rapid City Journal reports ( ) that Chief U.S. District Judge Jeff Viken will later decide on […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls police say they’re looking for two men who robbed a gas station at gunpoint early Friday morning. Police say they were dispatched to a Holiday Gas Station on Sycamore Avenue around 4:20 a.m. in response to a robbery. They say two suspects entered the store and demanded money […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls residents pushing to move the city’s school start date back three weeks have begun their campaign. The group Voice in Local Control is encouraging people to vote no in an April election and allow the school year to begin after Labor Day. The Argus Leader reports the group […]