Makenzie Huber
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South Dakota's leading cornspondent 🌽 also reporter @SDSearchlight @statesnewsroom | she/her
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A week after attending a roundtable with the nation’s top law enforcement official and tribal leaders, U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, is urging the head of a federal department to change the funding formula for tribal law enforcement. southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/08/22/sen…
“I don’t foresee this relationship ever ending. Hopefully we’re able to strengthen it,” Crow Creek Tribal Chairman Peter Lengkeek said. “I want my people not to be afraid anymore. That’s what I’m working toward.” southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/08/29/cro… via South Dakota Searchlight
SD's U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson is taking criticism from his opponent for celebrating a water system’s progress after voting against a bill that provided some of the funding. The congressman responded by citing his prior support for the project. southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/08/30/dus…
You may have seen them in a liquor store or bar: #THC drinks, which are popping up across South Dakota. Yet they remain unknown to many lawmakers, even as they crack down on other THC consumables. John Hult explains the trend, the legalities and more: southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/08/30/thc…
A new state government video intended to clarify South Dakota’s only #abortion exception has not settled disputes over the meaning of the exception's legal language. "It doesn’t solve anything," said a supporter of an abortion-rights ballot question. southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/09/05/sou…
While legislators were passing a law requiring more information from Gov. #KristiNoem about a fund she controls, she was awarding $13.5 million from the fund to a shooting range that legislators had declined to pay for. Details and legislator reaction: southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/09/12/som…
The judge, the lawyers and the media expected a trial to begin next week in a lawsuit over South Dakota's #AbortionRights ballot measure. Then a court employee wrote that he was "not aware of any trial being scheduled," leaving the matter in limbo. southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/09/18/tri…