February 6, 2013
A package of recommendations that would ban beginning drivers from using cellphones behind the wheel and make other changes aimed at reducing teen traffic fatalities and serious injuries is progressing through the South Dakota Legislature. The Senate Transportation Committee voted …
February 1, 2013
A bill that would allow school districts to arm teachers and other personnel with guns was approved by the South Dakota House after supporters said it could make would-be attackers think twice about entering a school building. Representatives voted 42-17 …
September 28, 2012
South Dakota will not set up its own health insurance exchange, instead deferring to the federal government to operate and pay for a key component required by the federal health care overhaul, Gov. Dennis Daugaard said. President Barack Obama’s health …
March 7, 2011
A bill aimed at changing South Dakota’s insurance law to give some injured people a better chance of receiving full compensation for their losses has been rejected by a state Senate panel. However, one of the bill’s main sponsors, Sen. …
February 27, 2011
A measure aimed at changing South Dakota’s insurance law to give some injured people a better chance of receiving full compensation for their losses has been rejected by a state Senate committee. However, one of the bill’s main sponsors, Sen. …
April 13, 2007
A man injured while working for a Sioux Falls landscaping company can get workers’ compensation benefits because the company failed to show the accident was caused by the man’s off-duty use of marijuana, the South Dakota Supreme Court ruled April …
May 4, 2006
The future of the Crow Creek Tribal School in South Dakota has been assured because a settlement has been reached with an insurance company for the fire that destroyed the student dormitory a year ago, officials said. Gov. Mike Rounds …