Garretson, Rapid City incidents expose loophole excluding comment at public meetings
Two seemingly harmless words added to a state open meetings law in 2019 have sparked a debate over the rights of citizens to publicly comment at official government meetings in South Dakota, with several school boards at the center of the conflict.
The state open meetings law, enacted in 1965,
Despite legislative defeat, backers of Native education reform in SD will press forward
The latest setback in a bid to create state-funded Lakota immersion schools in South Dakota will not deter Native American educators from pursuing that vision in the future, according to one of the proposal’s key supporters.
State Sen. Troy Heinert, D-Mission, expressed disappointment after the March 2 failure of
As Native students struggle in SD schools, a Lakota-immersion model emerges
For the third time in five years, Native American legislators and supporters of improving Native education in South Dakota have proposed legislation that would allow for creation of state-funded charter schools aimed at immersing students in Lakota Indian language, culture and history.
And once again, the measure has failed in
Rising anger and violence toward healthcare workers hampering patient care in SD
Increasing anger and even violence toward healthcare workers in South Dakota and across the U.S. is adding great stress on practitioners who are already enduring the pain and hardship of providing care during the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
Healthcare workers in South Dakota have been called offensive names, faced threats
News Watch to host panel discussion March 3 on proposed Native-focused charter schools in S.D.
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South Dakota News Watch is convening a panel of experts for an
Veteran journalist Stu Whitney joins South Dakota News Watch as investigative reporter
South Dakota News Watch continues to strive for excellence with its latest addition to our award-winning investigative news team.
A 30-year veteran of newspaper journalism, Stu Whitney of Sioux Falls joins South Dakota News Watch as an investigative reporter starting Feb. 22, 2022. Whitney is a graduate of the journalism
Legislation seeks to clarify who decides what happens to the dead in South Dakota
South Dakota has some of the weakest laws in the nation when it comes to regulating who decides what should happen to the body of someone who dies, and the vague laws are causing greater expense for survivors, creating emotional trauma for grieving families and funeral directors, and occasionally leading