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Tribal Groups Assert Sovereignty as Feds Crack Down on Gender-Affirming Care
KHN
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July 30, 2025
Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez ELKO, Nev. — At the Two Spirit Conference in northern Nevada in June, Native Americans gathered in support of the LGBTQ+ community amid federal and state rollbacks of transgender protections and gender-affirming health...
Port: League of Women Voters promotes irresponsible rhetoric undermining our elections
The Dickinson Press - North Dakota
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July 30, 2025
MINOT — There’s very little bipartisanship in America today, but one area where the right and left seem intent on working together is making Americans feel something less than confident about the security of our elections. The right’s efforts are...
Is there a future for nuclear power in South Dakota? NorthWestern Energy looking to find out
Sioux Falls Live - South Dakota
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July 26, 2025
MITCHELL — Does nuclear power have a future in South Dakota? At least one energy company, a state elected official and a technical college president are interested in finding out. The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission earlier this month...
MSU leads multi-state effort to train nurses on educating students
Daily Inter Lake - Montana
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July 30, 2025
BOZEMAN — Montana State University is a key player in a major, multi-year grant that has helped train more than 450 nurses across six western states. The Montana Office for Rural Health and Area Health Education Center, which is housed in the Mark...
South Dakota Has the 5th Highest STD Rate in the Country
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)—also referred to as sexually transmitted infections (STIs)—remain a persistent public health challenge in the United States, affecting millions of people each year. The Centers for Disease Control and...
21 states that have passed anti-LGBTQ+ bills in 2025 so far
Out Magazine
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July 28, 2025
21 states, 67 laws International Transgender Day of Visibility rally in Union Square, New York City, 2025 Christopher Penler/Shutterstock Anti-LGBTQ+ legislation isn't slowing down in 2025 — it's gaining traction. 598 bills restricting the rights...
Rapid City teacher moonlighting as bartender fears she'll need to leave district, troubled by administration raises
Rapid City Journal - South Dakota
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As the clock drifted toward 10 p.m., Avery Friedt hunched over the bar at Independent Ale House. Friedt, the pub’s bartender, reviewed the list of closing time tasks — mopping, scrubbing glasses, tabulating receipts — and took a deep breath. On...
Rapid City man sentenced for illegal firearm possession
Rushmore State News - South Dakota
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July 23, 2025
Alison J. Ramsdell U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the District of South DakotaAlison J. Ramsdell U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Rapid City man has been...
State AGs Call on NCAA to Restore Women’s Sports Records
Daily Citizen - Colorado
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July 29, 2025
In a powerful moment of legal unity, a coalition of 27 attorneys general issued a formal letter to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) calling on the body to restore records and honors to female athletes that were displaced by men...
Rep. Dusty Johnson discusses Epstein, immigration
Dakota News Now - South Dakota
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July 29, 2025
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson visited the Dakota News Now studio to speak with Brian Allen during the summer legislative recess. Congressman Johnson discussed the Epstein files, cryptocurrency, and...
Chislic sure is tasty, but is it recognized as a state symbol in South Dakota?
The Brookings Register - South Dakota
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By Michael KlinskiSouth Dakota News Watch Yes South Dakota officially designated chislic, a dish of fried or grilled salted cubes of meat sometimes served on skewers, as the official state “nosh” in 2018. The bite-sized food has been a uniquely...
South Dakota Mines Volleyball Team Achieves Academic Excellence Again
BVM Sports
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July 23, 2025
The South Dakota Mines Volleyball Team has distinguished itself academically, receiving the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the seventh consecutive year. This recognition is given to teams that maintain a...
Rapid City's Feeding South Dakota receives 30,000 pounds of food
News Center 1 - South Dakota
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July 23, 2025
RAPID CITY, S.D. — On Wednesday, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints delivered a donation of 30,000 pounds of food to Feeding South Dakota. The church partners with Feeding South Dakota in Western South Dakota and is a regular donor,...
South Dakota's rural migration cycle: Not just moving out, many are moving in
South Dakota News Watch
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July 23, 2025
Melissa Avelino is a data journalism student at Augustana University. In this first of a five-part series, she looks at the changing face of South Dakota using U.S. Census Data. South Dakota's rural areas have seen a net loss of population over...
Happy Hour: 80's icons leave us, Nate White's SDSU legacy, Canaries championship culture
Sioux Falls Live - South Dakota
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July 29, 2025
Before we look ahead to a rapidly approaching 2025 football season, a look back — over beers and with a background of classic country music at the Gateway Lounge, of course — at pop culture titans from our youth who left us this past week. Gen...
South Dakota, ICE Launch Partnership to Target Violent Criminals
Mitchell Now - South Dakota
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July 23, 2025
By Christal Blue July 23, 2025 11:40 am PIERRE, S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) South Dakota is teaming up with federal immigration officials to crack down on violent criminals and drug dealers. Attorney General Marty Jackley announced Monday that ICE has...
Three inducted into Honored Women Educators of South Dakota
Mitchell Daily Republic - South Dakota
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July 25, 2025
MITCHELL — Three women educators from across South Dakota were inducted into Honored Women Educators of South Dakota, formerly known as the Annie D. Tallent Club, at their annual meeting July 12. Honored Women Educators, an honorary organization...
Dangerous Heat Wave Hits South Dakota This Weekend
B102.7 - South Dakota
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July 25, 2025
July continues to remind us that it's July. We are looking at another hot and humid weekend in South Dakota. Heat advisories have already been issued for Saturday for counties west of Sioux Falls. The heat index is expected to reach into the...
Jury finds South Dakota man guilty of sex trafficking children
Sioux Empire Today - South Dakota
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July 25, 2025
U.S. Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell | Official WebsiteU.S. Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell | Official Website United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that Richard Alan Kucera, 67, from Winner, South Dakota, was found guilty of two counts of...
South Dakota Surplus Sparks Debate About Budget Cuts
Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan - South Dakota
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Now that South Dakota has finished its fiscal year with a $63 million surplus, some Democrats and people affected by budget cuts are criticizing the state’s Republican administration and legislative majority for slashing spending too aggressively....