Applications for the Billie Sutton Leadership Institute’s 2024 Sutton Leaders and Rural POWER programs officially opened January 1, 2024. Billie Sutton, former state senator and 2018 candidate for governor of South Dakota, launched the non-partisan, non-profit Leadership Institute dedicated to preparing tomorrow’s leaders to boldly serve our state, communities, workplaces, and each other with compassion and courage.

As 2023 comes to an end, we may find ourselves reflecting on the last year and looking forward to the year ahead. And as I am thinking about all that South Dakota has accomplished this year, I think of our people.

Commentary by Bill Bullard, CEO, R-CALF USA On December 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission jointly issued brand new merger guidelines. The question many are asking is: “So what?”

Because of the Homestead Act, public land passed into private hands so quickly that by 1885 all Dakota east of the Missouri River was settled. Settlers came by the thousands to their new “El Dorado.” They quickly filled the river bottoms and areas along the major steams. They then pushed out across the plains which resulted in the “Dakota Boom of 1878 – 85.”

Gregory County Historical Society to meet Wed. The Gregory County Historical Society will meet on Wednesday January, 10, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.

The bill to cut unemployment insurance employer contributions by 0.5%, HB 1011, goes into effect on January 1st, 2024. This bill delivers an $18 million tax cut for South Dakota businesses.