There will be “all kinds of posturing regarding data centers” during this winter’s legislative session because of the upcoming elections, Roe said. He’s heard data centers called the “devil, the mark ...

South Dakota Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden’s proposed $300,000 nuclear energy study is a step toward the inevitable, energy and economic development professionals say.

The bill would have required Future Fund awards to be approved by a majority vote of the governor-appointed Board of Economic Development, instead of the governor alone.

Disrupting religious worship in South Dakota is currently a misdemeanor, yet this bill would turn it into a felony.