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| Jul 12, 2026 | US Healthcare Landscape Shifts: Access, Innovation, and Political Fault Lines | US healthcare faces unprecedented shifts. ACA enrollment declines amid federal subsidy cuts. Gender-affirming care shrinks under political pressure. Medicare AI causes patient care delays. Abortion access battles intensify over telehealth a... |
| Jul 7, 2026 | Four Years After Dobbs, Anti-Abortion Lawmakers Keep Coming For Online Speech | Last week marks four years since Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade’s constitutional protections for people seeking abortion care. Anniversaries are a moment to take stock, and over the last four years, EFF ... |
| May 22, 2026 | From clergy to coaches, states debate who should report child abuse and neglect | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Robbie Sequeira, Stateline.org
Conversations with survivors of sexual abuse left Missouri state Sen. Tracy McCreery wondering what could have prevented the harm, leading her to sponsor a bill th... |
| Apr 17, 2026 | Anti-abortion lawmakers seek to redefine ‘abortion’ to exclude medical treatment | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Sofia Resnick, Stateline.org
Some anti-abortion state lawmakers are pushing to revise the definition of “abortion” so abortion bans don’t apply to cases in which the death of an “unborn child” i... |
| Apr 1, 2026 | South Dakota GOP, Governor Get Their Voter Suppression On | Because South Dakota governor Larry Rhoden is forever obligated to serve Kristi Noem and Kristi Noem is forever obligated to serve Donald Trump, he and his GOP buddies are making America MAGA again, starting with his home turf.
Non-citizens... |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Republican push to increase sales taxes would fall hardest on lower-income residents | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Kevin Hardy, Stateline.org
There’s no doubt that raising sales taxes in order to lower property taxes will shift more of South Dakota’s tax burden to lower-income residents, Republican Senate Ma... |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Border Patrol Thug Greg Bovino Bitched About Being Asked To Be A Bit More Lawful Before Being Turfed To California | Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino has been sent back to the border after making himself the Nazi scum face of the Trump administration’s brutal efforts to purge this country of as many non-white people as possible.
Bovino made it clear wh... |
| Dec 19, 2025 | SD Governor Gets Shitty After Town Announces It Won’t Be Pitching In With Upcoming ICE Raids | If there’s anything the GOP/MAGA party can’t stand, it’s people who won’t fall in line. It openly courts fascism while still pretending its ultimate concern is the protection of (certain) civil liberties. It cheers on politically motivated ... |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Firm Tied To Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts | This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license.
On Oct. 2, the second day of the government shutdown, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrived at Mount Rushmore to shoot a television ad... |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Billionaire Covers Trump’s Army Tab While The GOP Continues To Keep The Government Shut Down | A lot of GOP politicians align themselves with Christianity, especially the offshoot that believes the richer you are, the more God loves you. (That it tends to dovetail nicely with white Christian nationalism is just a bonus in these Trump... |
| Sep 5, 2025 | National Guard Troops Aren’t Happy They’re Just Trump’s Toy Soldiers | Trump continues to wield everything he controls like a weapon against his enemies, even when the law says he can’t. Trump sent thousands of National Guard troops (and a couple hundred Marines) to Los Angeles to quell nonexistent riots and o... |
| Aug 10, 2025 | New Medicaid federal work requirements mean less leeway for states | South Dakota, for example, announced in July that it would not submit an application for work requirements as previously planned amid concerns that the state’s laxer rules would not be allowed under the new federal law. The state’s Departme... |
| Jul 28, 2025 | Trump’s Garden of Heroes is a $40 million tourist trap. What a waste. (Opinion) | Being freakishly good at your job is not heroism.
It doesn’t even guarantee lasting fame, since today’s “heroes” may be overshadowed by tomorrow’s stars. What then? Will Alex Trebek be replaced with Ken Jennings, costing taxpayers even more... |
| Jul 14, 2025 | DHS Lets Contract Expire During A Flood, Leading To Thousands Of Missed FEMA Calls | That an agency overseen by former South Dakota governor Kristi Noem would fail to handle flooding capably shouldn’t come as a surprise. That sort of thing is directly on brand for Noem, who did this to her own state because she was trying t... |
| Jun 11, 2025 | The Health Crisis in Indian Country: A Broken Promise | In the vast landscapes of Indian Country, a storm brews. The promise of better health care for Native Americans, once a beacon of hope, now flickers dimly. Recent cuts to federal health programs have cast a long shadow over tribal nations, ... |
| Jun 11, 2025 | The Silent Suffering of Native Americans Amid Federal Health Cuts | In the vast landscapes of the American Southwest, a storm brews. It’s not a tempest of wind and rain, but a storm of neglect. Native Americans, particularly those in the Navajo Nation, are feeling the brunt of federal health cuts. Promises ... |
| Jun 10, 2025 | Native Americans hurt by federal health cuts, despite RFK Jr.’s promises of protection | But Nygren and other Navajo leaders said cuts to federal health programs outside the Indian Health Service are hurting Native Americans.
“You’re disrupting real lives,” Cherilyn Yazzie, a Navajo council delegate, told KFF Health News as she... |
| May 29, 2025 | High school sports at PBS stations could be at risk with potential federal funding cuts | Sign up today for the new CNBC Sport Newsletter
PBS stations across the U.S. have been adding high school sports — mainly state championships — over the years in a bid to expand local content and appeal to a wider audience.
For some states,... |
| May 23, 2025 | ICE Raids South Dakota Businesses Three Days After DHS Head Kristi Noem’s Visit Was Greeted With Protests | This is exactly what it looks like: the actions of an administration infested by vindictive thugs.
Former South Dakota governor and current DHS boss Kristi Noem returned to South Dakota to get her ego stroked a bit by Dakota State Universit... |
| May 7, 2025 | The Genetic Gamble: Navigating the Risks of Personal Data in a Post-Bankruptcy World | In the digital age, our genetic data is more than just a string of letters. It’s a treasure trove of personal information. Companies like 23andMe promise to unlock the secrets of our ancestry and health. But what happens when the vault is l... |
| May 6, 2025 | The number of new apartments is at a 50-year high, but states expect a slowdown | Some states are building apartments faster than others, according to a Stateline analysis. Though completions aren’t tracked by state, permits that lead to new apartments have been granted at high rates in recent years in South Dakota, Utah... |
| May 1, 2025 | Trump is shifting cybersecurity to the states, but many aren’t prepared | But President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order shifting some of the responsibility from the federal government to states and localities to improve their infrastructure to address risks, including cybercrimes. And federal cuts... |
| Mar 1, 2025 | The Battle for Innovation and Freedom: A Tale of Two Americas | In the landscape of America, two narratives unfold. One is a story of innovation, creativity, and the power of design. The other is a tale of censorship, fear, and the erosion of freedoms. These contrasting tales reflect the complexities of... |
| Feb 26, 2025 | South Dakota Republicans: Let’s Start Jailing Librarians | This stupid state. These stupid legislators. This goddamn constituency.
This is my current home state. And it is painful to be here.
Kristi Noem is now the head of the DHS, presumably because she never asked what this country could do for h... |
| Feb 12, 2025 | The Cultivated Meat Conundrum: Innovation Meets Resistance | In the world of food, change is the only constant. The culinary landscape is shifting beneath our feet, and cultivated meat is at the forefront of this revolution. Yet, not everyone is on board. Recent events in South Dakota highlight the t... |
| Feb 12, 2025 | National Politics | Health insurance for millions could vanish as states put Medicaid expansion on chopping block | In South Dakota, where voters approved Medicaid expansion in 2022 by a constitutional amendment, Republican state Sen. Casey Crabtree wants to bring expansion before voters again with a trigger measure. He told Stateline via text that his p... |
| Feb 10, 2025 | South Dakota Becomes Latest US State to Propose a Cultivated Meat Ban | A legislative committee in South Dakota has put forward a bill that would ban the manufacture, sale, and distribution of cultivated meat in the state.
As reported by South Dakota Searchlight, the bill has already gained the approval of the ... |
| Feb 5, 2025 | South Dakota Lawmakers Latest Asshats Seeking To Force Schools To Post The Ten Commandments | It’s 2025 and we’re still stuck with legislators who wish it was still 1725. Or possibly any year with B.C appended.
Clearly unconstitutional laws are being crafted with alarming frequency these days. Those that aren’t trying to legislate m... |
| Feb 1, 2025 | The Rise of Precision Fermentation and Cultivated Meat: A New Era in Food Production | The food landscape is shifting. Precision fermentation and cultivated meat are at the forefront of this transformation. These technologies promise to reshape how we produce and consume food. They offer solutions to pressing issues like sust... |
| Jan 27, 2025 | South Dakota and South Carolina Advance Bills Mandating Clear Labeling of Cultivated Meat | Lawmakers in South Dakota and South Carolina have advanced bills requiring cultivated meat products to be clearly labeled, reflecting the growing interest in transparency for consumers navigating alternative proteins. South Dakota on defini... |
| Jan 18, 2025 | Prison abuse, deaths and escapes prompt calls for more oversight | But some correctional officials argue that adding another layer of oversight won’t solve their fundamental problem.
“We know the root causes of our current conditions: We have too many inmates and too few correctional officers,” Michael Res... |
| Jan 14, 2025 | Trump’s DHS Pick, Kristi Noem, Decides To Undermine Public Safety By Cutting Funding For Public Broadcasting | Hitch yourself to a wagon and see what you get. Area dog-killer/current governor/possible DHS head Kristi Noem boarded the Trump Train when it first passed through town nearly a decade ago. Since then, she’s won the loyalty of a bunch of fa... |
| Dec 10, 2024 | State prisons turn to extended lockdowns amid staffing shortages, overcrowding | For example, the Green Bay Correctional Institution in Wisconsin resumed normal operations in July after being on lockdown for more than a year. As of Nov. 29, the facility housed 1,080 people, nearly 45% above its designed capacity of 749.... |
| Apr 4, 2024 | Politics | As drag shows go ‘mainstream,’ some red states look to restrict them | Amanda Hernández | (TNS) Stateline.org
Drag performances used to be found mostly in the confines of nightlife venues such as clubs and bars.
But drag has stepped into the daylight, with elaborately costumed and made-up performers appearing ... |
| Dec 22, 2023 | South Dakota Agrees To Stop Censoring Vanity Plates Following ACLU Lawsuit | Governments know the difference between right and wrong. It’s just that they often don’t seem to care. |
| Sep 7, 2023 | South Dakota Looks Like It Might Be The Next State Asked To Explain Its Stupid Vanity Plate Laws To A Federal Court | Governments are weird. Maybe “weird” isn’t the right word. The more accurate word may be “opportunistic.” When it comes to speech they don’t like, they move into this mode. If they think they can silence it, they will try to. And they’ll do... |
| Jun 26, 2023 | Federal Judge Blocks South Dakota County’s Attempt To Silence Ballot Petitioners The Government Doesn’t Like | Full disclosure time, Techdirt peeps! I am a resident of this state. And, as such, I am painfully familiar with the governor’s pro-Trump performativeness, as well as the state legislature’s general disdain for the people it serves. |
| Rounds belongs to private investment club that owns 10 Midwestern hotels, disclosure shows | U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota has disclosed that a portion of his personal assets is held in a private investment club that owns hotel properties throughout the Midwest, including in Iowa.
Rounds tops the list for minimum net worth ... |
