Saul Loeb - AFP / Getty Images Biden's National Park Service Denies Request for 4th of July Fireworks Over Mount Rushmore The Biden administation is pouring cold water on any plan to celebrate the Fourth of July with fireworks at Mount Rushmore. By Jack Davis March 14, 2021
Joe Raedle / Getty Images State Celebrates International Women's Day by Passing Bill That Limits Girls' Sports to Biological Females South Dakota is taking a bold stand on protecting women's sports for women. By Jack Davis March 9, 2021
Antoon Loams - EyeEm / Getty Images Four States Appear to Have Reached Herd Immunity, More Following Close Behind 'We are seeing sharp declines in the hospitalization ratio in the last month and a half,' one epidemiologist observed. By Jack Davis February 27, 2021
@brithume / Twitter screeh shotsCommentary Brit Hume Puts Fauci in His Place with a Message Everyone Should See Fox News' Brit Hume no doubt spoke for many Americans and their frustration with the series of changing stories they've gotten on COVID-19. By Joe Saunders February 23, 2021
Drew Angerer / Getty ImagesCommentary South Dakota GOP Lawmaker Moves to Allow State to Block Biden's Executive Orders A lawmaker in South Dakota has introduced a bill that would require presidential executive orders to be cleared by the state’s leaders. By Johnathan Jones February 9, 2021
photolona / Shutterstock Judge Stands in the Way of State's Push to Legalize Marijuana Possessing small amounts of marijuana would have become legal on July 1, but that will not happen unless a higher court overturns the ruling. By The Associated Press February 8, 2021
James Nord / AP South Dakota Rejected Lockdowns and Mask Orders; Now Look at the Amazing Milestone Its Economy Hit as Other States Collapse When Gov Kristi Noem refused to lock down South Dakota, she was criticized. Now, the state's jobless rate is lower than it was before COVID. By Jack Davis January 24, 2021
Alex Brandon / AP Much-Maligned South Dakota Near Top of Vaccine Leaderboard While Democratic Strongholds Lag Behind 'I am excited to report a light at the end of the tunnel with regard to our fight against COVID-19,' Gov. Kristi Noem said. By Erin Coates January 15, 2021
Alex Wong / Getty Images Up-and-Coming GOP Governor Backs Law Banning Abortions Due to Down Syndrome Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said she will present legislation banning abortion due to a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome. By Mary Margaret Olohan January 12, 2021
Governor Kristi Noem / FacebookCommentary Fact Check: Leftist Rag Implies GOP Gov Killed Her Own Grandma with COVID Policies The Daily Beast implied South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's mom died because of her daughter's COVID policies. Problem: She didn't die of COVID. By C. Douglas Golden December 5, 2020