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If money talks, it’s hollering this December across eastern South Dakota.

Annalisa Cutler didn’t set out to create a nonprofit organization helping people in Africa.

A national abortion-access group advertising its services in South Dakota could be in violation of the state’s ban on chemically induced abortions.

A national abortion-access organization under investigation in South Dakota contends its outreach in the state is protected speech.

The South Dakota political world is watching as Rapid City voters decide whether a $125 million theme park and entertainment district should receive an eight-figure boost from City Hall.

A new citizens group is urging voters to reject what it says would be the largest tax-increment financing district in South Dakota history when it appears on the Jan. 20 ballot.

It wasn’t that long ago that Rapid City voters were signing petitions to vote on the massive $125 million Libertyland Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District.

Being an “East meets West” South Dakotan, I was born and raised in the farm town of Alcester. Yet since 2001, I’ve called West River home. Like many parents in South Dakota, I’ve watched my children grow up and, eventually, spread their wings.