Joshua Haiar

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Public retirees in South Dakota face potential sixth year of less-than-inflation benefit changes

Lawmaker was missing during one of Legislature’s busiest days and during two crucial votes on data center bills

State issues cease-anddesist to national nonprofit sponsoring abortion pill ads

Five years in, SD’s Habitat Stamp praised as one of state’s ‘smartest investments’

Amid water pollution debate, report shows results of $3 million river buffer program

South Dakota program offers aspiring farmers a rare path into agriculture

State commission finds Open Meetings Law violations by two boards

South Dakota university system approves guns-on-campus policy to comply with new state law

Number of acres in public land access initiative double

South Dakota's legacy of citizen ballot questions is under threat, law review authors warn

New data reveals most South Dakota tech college grads are finding jobs right away

Mercury pollution lands two more South Dakota lakes on fish consumption advisory list

Newspapers say mail delays are crippling their business

New Governor Larry Rhoden says immediate focus is getting to work, not his political future

Regulator stays on new carbon pipeline case after prior recusal, with no explanation this time

Regulators approve natural gas rate hike for NorthWestern Energy

‘Wild places are worth fighting for’, concern grows for receding South Dakota wetlands

Massive data centers consuming large amounts of energy have eyes on South Dakota

Open Meetings Commission finds multiple violations by local governments

Lawmakers approve orders which require state officials to only speak privately about vehicle title scandal

Lawmakers approve $10 million of outdoor recreation fee increases

Otter Tail Power raising fee on electric customer bills to pay off projects

Noem rejects more than $70 million in federal funds for energy and environmental programs

South Dakota ranks fourth in 2024 grassland conservation enrollments

Tax discussion highlights tension between residential, agricultural property owners

Former lieutenant governor launches ‘Vote in Honor of a Veteran’ initiative

Suicides in South Dakota decline for second consecutive year

Official shares data on SD multi-family housing spree, tight labor market

Regulators begin study of NorthWestern’s proposed nine percent natural gas rate increase

Activists fail to convince Board of Elections to move toward hand-counting

Lawmakers again deny more licenses for out-of-state waterfowl hunters

Debate begins on abortion-rights ballot measure as Mitchell event brings out both sides

Rapid rise in state home prices is ‘not sustainable,’ according to economist

From fringe to foreground, ‘loose cannon’ lawmaker departs as leading legislative voice