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But it's what didn't happen that the 2021 Legislative Session might be most remembered for. For 128 days, dozens if not hundreds of legal and political minds in South Dakota discussed, deliberated and acted in response to a pair of voter-backed ballot measures to end marijuana prohibition in the state. And despite countless hours of time logged by Gov. Kristi Noem's staff since Nov. 3 to stall a new era of marijuana laws in the state, not to mention the work put in by legislators and lobbyists both in support and opposed to the governor's anti-marijuana positions, South Dakota is right wh...

The South Dakota House of Representatives rejected a medical marijuana plan approved by the Senate that would've removed a criminal penalty from possessing less than an ounce of marijuana. The legislature has one more day to establish a program, or the cannabis program becomes law, as passed by voters.

South Dakota House adjusts to remote legislating as number of members with COVID-19 grows Nearly one in four members in the 70-member South Dakota House of Representatives participated remotely on Tuesday in Pierre, S.D., as the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases has jumped to at least eight in the people's house. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | × Eight members of the South Dakota House of Representatives have tested positive for the coronavirus, but many in the chamber still do not choose to wear masks. Pictured on Tuesday, Feb. 16, are Reps. Bethany Soye, R...

South Dakota Bar says lawyers who help marijuana businesses could be disbarred This successive guidances from the South Dakota Bar Association leave a legal cloud hanging for attorneys two months after the state's voters overwhelmingly voted to become one of only just over a dozen states to fully legalize marijuana. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | × (Unsplash stock image) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Could attorneys in South Dakota be disbarred for helping set up a legal marijuana dispensary? An ethics committee for the state's bar association now says, "maybe." Acco...