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Senate change to teacher-pay bill sparks House rebuttal and sets up final-week showdown

By  Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight Average teacher compensation would only have to rise half as much as state education funding under the new terms of...

Senate panel moves to limit local authority in pipeline regulation

Supporters say ‘compromise’ protects counties, doesn’t scuttle development By: John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight Update 2/22/24: On Wednesday, 2/21/24, the bill advanced out of the Senate...

Q&A: Carbon pipeline execs say ethanol’s future hangs in the balance

By: Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight          MARION — If South Dakota’s ethanol industry does not reduce the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide it emits...

Quiet scanners add another layer of opaqueness to law enforcement

Op-Ed By Dana Hess, South Dakota Searchlight             Police are called on to “protect and serve.” In South Dakota that’s what they do, but they...

Critics allege CO2 pipelines ‘farm the government’ for climate money while helping oil industry

By Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight             Plans to capture carbon dioxide emitted by ethanol plants, ship it via pipelines and store it underground are viewed...

Baltic controversy serves as cautionary tale about big development in small towns

Sioux Falls sprawl could foist nearby communities into unfamiliar positions By: Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight             BALTIC — Mayor Deborah McIsaac said she was shocked when...
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