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PIERRE — A circuit judge erred in overturning the Turner County Commission’s denial of a rezoning application seeking to change Swan Lake farmland into a housing development, the South Dakota

Voters passed ordinance banning city’s action; county says state permit overrides it

Water quality advocates in Custer County want the state Supreme Court to make the county enforce a voter-backed ordinance barring the discharge of treated wastewater into a creek by the city of Custer. The city studied four options for discharge and chose French Creek. Since 1972, the city had discharged treated wastewater into Flynn Creek. […] The post Water advocates ask state Supreme Court to block city of Custer discharges into French Creek appeared first on South Dakota Searchlight.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – The South Dakota Supreme Court will hear arguments on a number of cases during a court session this week in the Supreme Court Courtroom inside the state Capitol in Pierre. 

The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation reached the wrong decision in another unemployment-benefits case during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the South Dakota Supreme Court.

Legislators can have contracts with state government if the money comes from the annual budget bill, but not if the money comes from any other bill.

Gov. Kristi Noem said the ruling will free her up to make appointments for two empty seats in the Legislature, both from districts in the Rapid City area.

At least 438 people have died from suspected drug use in 2023 in Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean and Salem counties as the opioid epidemic continues to impact coastal towns and rural communities throughout South Jersey.

The South Dakota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on four cases Thursday at the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law in Vermillion. 

The South Dakota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on eight cases Wednesday and Thursday at the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law in Vermillion.