South Dakota’s top law enforcement official announced Thursday that he plans to propose state legislation limiting the use of automatic license plate readers, such as Flock cameras, to “legitimate law enforcement purposes.” Republican Attorney General Marty Jackley said it’s important to have “reasonable safeguards” statewide, while allowing uses that help solve criminal investigations. He said […]

A South Dakota group won another victory Tuesday in its effort to preserve adequate time for petitioning questions onto statewide ballots, but a state official immediately pledged to continue the fight in court. A federal appeals panel upheld a lower court’s ruling that state lawmakers violated the First Amendment when they moved up the deadline […]

A judge has ruled in favor of a South Dakota law that helps rural healthcare providers buy discounted drugs and mark up their sale price to fill budget holes created by low Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates. AbbVie, maker of the arthritis drug Humira, among other medications, sued the state in April 2025. The Chicago-based […]

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden and Attorney General Marty Jackley, both Republicans, filed an appeal Monday in defense of a new law that criminalizes abortion-pill advertising in the state. They’re also seeking to set aside a lower court’s order blocking enforcement of the law while the litigation plays out. Nancy Turbak Berry, who formerly served […]