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Juvenile justice reforms working, but not as well for minority offenders in South Dakota
A series of juvenile justice reforms enacted in South Dakota over the past decade has kept more low-level youth offenders out of detention centers and away from criminal activity that could land them in the adult system, according to state officials.
But state data show that youth of color — who
Halt to abortions in South Dakota during pandemic led women to get procedure in other states
A temporary halt to abortions in 2020 at the only clinic in South Dakota where the procedures take place led to a big drop in abortions performed in the state last year, but it did not prevent women who wanted to terminate their pregnancies from doing so elsewhere.
During the
Economists: Eliminating sales tax on food would aid low-income families in South Dakota
Charging sales tax on food purchases is regressive by nature but is especially unfair to low-income South Dakotans who already spend a disproportionate amount of their income to meet basic needs, two prominent South Dakota economists said.
Eliminating the sales tax on groceries could help alleviate some of the financial
Poll Part 3: South Dakotans support ballot initiative process and oppose lawmaker interference
Many South Dakotans feel that democracy is not working very well in America right now, but those same people are highly supportive of their own right to make law directly from the voting booth.
According to a recent statewide poll, a wide majority of South Dakota residents supports the citizen-led
Poll Part 2: Why some South Dakotans are pessimistic about the future
Long-standing economic hardships have prevented a sizable segment of the South Dakota population from achieving financial stability and prosperity, and those hurdles have resulted in a sense of pessimism for what awaits future generations, according to two experts who study the state economy.
State and federal data routinely show that:
New poll reveals economic pessimism and dissatisfaction with democratic institutions
As the state emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, some residents of South Dakota are uneasy about what life holds for future generations and have only limited confidence in the effectiveness of some democratic institutions.
The findings are part of a large set of results from a recent poll of 500
Civics/history Part 2: How new civics and history program will be developed
If all goes as planned, South Dakota public school teachers and students should find it easier to teach and learn social studies topics in the coming years.
The proposed South Dakota Civics and History Initiative is just getting started, but hopes are high that the effort will result in deeper,