The prison, which opened in 1881, is rarely a happy place. It’s where scores of men serve sentences for crimes and a few await the end of their life in a state-sanctioned execution. Continue reading “Prison scandal offers opportunity for real change”
Tracing cell phone pings helped South Dakota law enforcement find the victim in Sunday’s abduction that started in Brookings and ended in Sioux Falls. Cell phone data is an important tool of technology in finding people who are in danger. Continue reading “The importance of ‘pings’ to South Dakota law enforcement”
Private schools in South Dakota will not be required to administer medical cannabis, after a legislative committee approved a revised package of rules around K-12 schools use proposed by the state’s leading education agency.
Medical marijuana now legal in South Dakota, but the only people currently issuing cards are the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe. Continue reading “SD medical marijuana: Will your doctor sign off?”
A prohibition on interstate use or cultivation of marijuana may no longer be necessary or proper to support the federal government’s piecemeal approach,” Thomas, one of the court’s most conservative justices, wrote in a statement.
Continue reading “Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says federal marijuana laws may be outdated”
From sports gambling to booze licenses, here’s a look at some of South Dakota’s new laws. More than 200 bills were passed by South Dakota lawmakers this winter, most of which take effect as law Thursday. Continue reading “Here’s a look at some of South Dakota’s new laws”
New laws ranging from a new fee on elective vehicles to longer permits for feedlots passed the legislature take effect this week as do added restrictions to teen driving rules, which were passed a year ago but saw delayed implementation.
Criminal Law – Greer’s legal team argued he had a right to challenge his conviction under a 2019 case, Rehaif v. United States. Continue reading “Supreme Court issues ruling clarifying criminal law procedure”
Recreational marijuana is illegal in the state of South Dakota. Full stop. According to Neil Fulton, Dean of the University of South Dakota Knutson School of Law, Continue reading “As the day nears, here’s what you need to know about marijuana in SD”
Thursday, Governor Kristi Noem, along with the South Dakota Department of Health and the South Dakota Department of Education, launched medcannabis.sd.gov, Continue reading “SD launches medical marijuana website”