The Republican governor opposed the law that Gevo, Inc., credits for supporting its production of sustainable aviation fuel.

Four of the states with the highest proportion of Native American and Alaska Native residents have restrictions on abortion.

An overview of six of the 12 states with strict abortion bans after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision shows the drastic effects anti-abortion policies can have.

‘This person ran down an innocent South Dakotan,’ the state Senate’s top-ranking Republican said.

An estimated 27,800 uninsured adults would gain health care coverage through Medicaid expansion in South Dakota.

In 2014, the governor of South Dakota said politicians should refrain from publicly criticizing Barack Obama during Russia’s invasion of the Crimean peninsula. But she isn’t extending the same courtesy to Joe Biden.

Republican governors have seized on anti-trans legislation as one of their current wedge issues.

The state’s Republican governor, Kristi Noem, championed the bill.

South Dakota GOP Gov. Kristi Noem is also hoping to restrict access to the telehealth procedure in her state.

New COVID-19 cases are up almost 500% in South Dakota since the Sturgis motorcycle rally.

When the South Dakota Republican governor disregarded CDC warnings in 2020, the Sturgis Bike Rally resulted in ‘widespread transmission’ of COVID-19 across the country.

COVID-19 — and Republican lawmakers — have made access to care even more precarious.

Kristi Noem is appearing at a motorcycle rally event in Sturgis despite spiking numbers of COVID-19 cases.

South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem financed the operation with money from a billionaire GOP donor.

The South Dakota governor claimed the administration’s decision to block a fireworks show at Mount Rushmore while holding a similar celebration in the nation’s capital was ‘political’ and ‘punitive.’

The South Dakota governor cited a study showing the state was the best place ‘to find a job,’ but left out other data showing it trailing behind a large portion of the country.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says her opponents ‘don’t want to celebrate America or our freedoms.’

A federal judge said forcing the Interior Department to allow Independence Day fireworks despite safety concerns would be ‘improper judicial activism.’

The South Dakota governor is picking legal fights to please the right.

‘The State of South Dakota is suffering from widespread drought conditions, low humidity, high wind, and high temperatures that create serious peril for our state,’ Gov. Kristi Noem said in March.

While lawmakers debate their rights in statehouses across the nation, trans youth refused to be left out of the conversation.

‘South Dakota Governor’s tweet is un-American, racist and heartless,’ said a leader of an organization that aids immigrant children.

State lawmakers who’ve introduced discriminatory bills targeting LGBTQ minors are on ‘notice,’ legal experts say.

Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) is demanding changes to an anti-trans bill the Legislature passed — but right-wing groups say the changes aren’t enough for them.

The bills target transgender people’s access to sports, LGBTQ-inclusive sex education, and health care.

Sen. John Thune doesn’t think a resolution to prevent Donald Trump from holding office again will ‘go anywhere.’

State Rep. Aaron Aylward has proposed legislation that would nullify the president’s orders on pandemic-related matters, among other things.

‘They’re trying just to destroy President Trump. They see him as a threat.’

State legislatures are considering bills that would codify discrimination against transgender people.

Gov. Kristi Noem has made her lack of pandemic response a marketing pitch for South Dakota.