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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A legislative panel has approved a measure to allow sergeants-at-arms to carry concealed weapons in the state Capitol for defense. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved the proposal, which would require the sergeants to go through law enforcement-approved training before receiving a permit. Republican Sen. Brock Greenfield says he aims […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A legislative committee has defeated a measure to authorize legislators to carry concealed weapons in the state Capitol to defend against a violent attack. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday killed the proposal. It would have required lawmakers to go through law enforcement-approved training and petition legislative leadership before receiving a […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A legislative panel has approved a measure to allow some people to carry a concealed weapon on the state’s six public university campuses. The House Local Government Committee on Thursday voted for the proposal, which authorizes people who are at least 21 years old to carry a concealed firearm. Republican Rep. […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Opponents that include two former state attorneys general have been unsuccessful in swaying South Dakota lawmakers to repeal the state’s death penalty. The Senate State Affairs Committee on Wednesday voted down two measures to repeal or limit the practice. One proposal would have replaced capital punishment with a life prison sentence […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A legislative panel has passed a resolution to change the name of Shannon County to Oglala Lakota County after voters overwhelmingly approved the new name in the November election. The House State Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday to send the resolution to the chamber’s floor. Democratic Rep. Kevin Killer of Pine […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard is forming a group that aims to improve the achievement levels and graduation rates of American Indian students.buy singulair online https://www.mabvi.org/wp-content/languages/new/usa/singulair.html no prescription The Native American Student Achievement Advisory Council will include tribal leaders and representatives from the Indian Education Advisory Council, the South Dakota Departments of Education […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A legislative Committee has scuttled a proposal that would have allowed South Dakota residents getting a driver’s license to register an objection to the death penalty if they are killed in a violent crime. The House State Affairs Committee on Wednesday voted 10-2 to dismiss the measure, which supporters likened to […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — State fire officials say discarded ashes from a stove or fireplace caused a wildfire in southwestern South Dakota last weekend. The South Dakota Wildland Fire agency says the Aero Road Fire near Rockerville consumed slightly more than 16 acres. That’s less than a square mile. Crews began battling the fire […]

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions of a Utah man who defrauded investors nationwide of more than $4.4 million by promoting investment in nonexistent wind farms in Wyoming and South Dakota. A three-judge panel of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected arguments from defendant Robert Arthur […]