Showing posts with label South Dakota. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Dakota. Show all posts
Saturday, February 11, 2023

South Dakota Passes Law Banning All Gender-Affirming Treatments For Minors

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The South Dakota legislature last week gave final passage to House Bill 1080 ( full text ) which prohibits healthcare professionals from pro...
Wednesday, January 25, 2023

South Dakota Will Prosecute Pharmacies That Dispense Abortion Drug

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Yesterday, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and Attorney General Marty Jackley released a letter ( full text ) sent to South Dakota pharm...
Friday, February 04, 2022

South Dakota Governor Signs Bill Barring Transgender Women On Women's Sports Teams

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Yesterday, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem signed  Senate Bill 46 ( full text ) which prohibits transgender women from participating in wo...
Friday, September 10, 2021

South Dakota Governor Restricts Chemical Abortions

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According to a press release from the office of South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, on Sept. 7 the Governor signed Executive Order 2021-12 t...
Wednesday, March 31, 2021

South Dakota Governor Issues Executive Orders On Transgender Women In Sports After Vetoing Legislation On The Issue

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On March 8, the South Dakota Legislature gave final passage to HB1217  which banned transgender women from participating on women's athl...
Friday, February 19, 2021

South Dakota and South Carolina Pass New Abortion Provisions

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This week the South Dakota legislature gave final passage , and sent to the Governor Noem for her signature, HB 1051 ( full text ) modifying...
Thursday, March 26, 2020

Sioux Tribes Get Delay In Dakota Access Pipeline

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In Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , (D DC, March 25, 2020), the D.C. federal district court held that the Army Co...
Thursday, March 21, 2019

South Dakota Requires "In God We Trust" In Every Public School

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Yesterday South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem signed Senate Bill 55 ( full text ) into law.  The new law requires every public school in the s...
Friday, June 16, 2017

Fugitive FLDS Leader Arrested

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As reported by KUTV , the FBI in Salt Lake City announced the arrest in South Dakota on Wednesday evening of fugitive FLDS leader Lyle Jeff...
Sunday, March 12, 2017

New South Dakota Law Protects Religious Child-Placement Agencies

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ACLU reports that on March 10, South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard  signed SB 149 ( full text ) into law.  The new law protects adoption ...
Thursday, November 03, 2016

Obama: Army Corps Looking For Alternative Pipeline Route To Protect Sioux Lands

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As previously reported , the Sioux Tribe has been embroiled in litigation attempting to stop construction of an oil pipeline near the Standi...
Saturday, September 10, 2016

Court Rejects Sioux Challenge To Pipeline On Sacred Land, But Feds Delay Permission

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In Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ,  (D DC Sept. 9, 2016), the D.C. federal district court refused to enjoin cons...
Wednesday, March 02, 2016

South Dakota Governor Vetoes Bill Restricting Transgender Students' Choice of Bathrooms

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South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard yesterday vetoed a bill that would have prohibited public schools from allowing transgender students t...
Thursday, February 18, 2016

South Dakota Legislature Passes Bill On Transgenders In School Restrooms; 3 Other LGBT Bills Pending

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This week the South Dakota legislature passed and sent to  Gov. Dennis Daugaard HB 1008 ( full text ) that provides: Every restroom, lock...
Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Developments In Marriage Equality Cases: Louisiana and South Dakota

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There were two developments yesterday in the array of cases challenging same-sex marriage bans.  The U.S. Supreme Court denied the petition ...
Friday, October 24, 2014

Schools' Religious-Themed Snow Plow Decorations Rejected By City

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For the last 5 years, the city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota has sponsored a "Paint the Plows" program.  Each participating public ...
Saturday, May 24, 2014

South Dakota Suit Challenges Ban on Same-Sex Marriage

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On Thursday, six couples filed a lawsuit in federal district court in South Dakota challenging the constitutionality of South Dakota's c...