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A planned patriotic-themed amusement park in the Black Hills won’t get the benefit of what would have been the largest tax increment financing (TIF) package in South Dakota history.

Fears over data centers — technology’s expanding grip on humanity to electricity demands and quality-of-life concerns from future neighbors — were under a white-hot spotlight Tuesday in downtown Sioux Falls. But it wasn’t enough to block a zoning change needed for a developer to move ahead with what would be the city’s first hyperscale data center.

PIERRE — A firebrand legislator from the Black Hills is back in the doghouse with Republican leadership at the state Capitol.

A Sioux Falls public official and leading contender to become South Dakota’s next state auditor is recovering after a medical emergency earlier this week that nearly cost him his life.