PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – A state board has approved a scaled-back plan to raise the fee for brand inspections that are used to prevent the theft of cattle and horses in western South Dakota. The Brand Board voted unanimously Wednesday to increase the fee from 80 cents to 90 cents a head. The board...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota hasn’t done much to carry out the federal health care overhaul, and a Supreme Court ruling expected Thursday is unlikely to change that. Gov. Dennis Daugaard has held up the state’s work on setting up a health insurance exchange, which would help people and small businesses buy private...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – A federal judge has ruled that a part of South Dakota’s abortion law can go into effect. U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier says the state can enforce provisions requiring that doctors who perform abortions must first assess women to determine if they have been coerced into getting abortions or are...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota Public Utilities Chairman Chris Nelson says state regulators need better tools to detect a grain buyer’s deteriorating financial condition, after farmers in the Dakotas lost $4 million selling sunflowers to Anderson Seed Co. The PUC is proposing a new law requiring grain buyers to provide a current...