Politics

Governor proposes higher payment rate, grant program for nursing homes

Governor proposes higher payment rate, grant program for nursing homes

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Wednesday announced a plan to aid South Dakota’s financially troubled nursing home industry by raising the rate of Medicaid payments and providing $5 million in grants to facilities that innovate. Noem shared her ideas as part of her first budget address to both

In 30 years, gaming has revitalized and challenged Deadwood

As Deadwood saunters into its 30th year with legalized gaming, the Wild West town made famous by Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and a posse of other western legends, doesn’t resemble its former self. The historic place perched in the highest reaches of the northern Black Hills once glittered

Women to have ‘larger voice’ in 2019 South Dakota Legislature

In South Dakota and across the country, women will play a larger role in lawmaking and policymaking at almost all levels of government in 2019. The new U.S. Congress will feature a record number of women in both the House and Senate. South Dakota will have its first female

Little-known law forces adult children to pay for nursing home care for parents

Little-known law forces adult children to pay for nursing home care for parents

An obscure South Dakota law can force adult children to pay the cost of long-term care for their parents if the elder family members cannot pay on their own. The civil law has been on the books in South Dakota since 1939, and is rarely used. But as the cost

Deadwood officials leading effort to legalize sports betting in South Dakota

Next month, the South Dakota Legislature will be asked to pave the way for legalized sports betting in the state. Proponents pushing a constitutional amendment to allow the gaming in Deadwood casinos want lawmakers to place the question on the 2020 ballot. Several states now offer sports betting and others

More than $19 million paid to South Dakota farmers for tariff losses

South Dakota farmers recently received $19.4 million in payments from the federal government to offset losses due to an ongoing international trade war that has devastated two major agricultural industries in the state – soybeans and hogs. An agriculture industry official said that the emergency payments may help some farmers

Despite controversy, ‘alienation of affection’ cases still filed in South Dakota

Under the tenets of ancient English common law, when wives were legally considered the property of their husbands, a jilted husband could sue any man who deliberately broke up his marriage and stole away his wife. Even as centuries have passed, and society has generally done away with the notion