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For four decades, while the U.S. cattle industry continually underproduced for the US market, Washington let a handful of multinational meatpackers monopolize America’s cattle markets. Competition was replaced with corporate control.

Foreign imports are gutting US ranching. The American Beef Labeling Act would finally let shoppers choose American beef.

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Heather Baxter, a Christian conservative republican legislator and avid advocate of election reform, proudly announces her candidacy for South Dakota Secretary of State. Running on a platform of returning elections to the people, Baxter is committed to restoring truth, transparency, and trust in South Dakota’s electoral process, aligning her vision with President Trump’s platform on election integrity.

On September 22, 2025, Governor Larry Rhoden sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin to support the EPA’s Reconsideration of the 2009 Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards.

South Dakota has played host to plenty of production crews, many of which use the state’s unique physical and cultural landscape – from the rolling prairies to the Badlands and from Indigenous people to early settlers – as inspiration for their stories.

Lt. Governor Venhuizen, Speaker Hansen, Supreme Court justices, Constitutional officers, members of the House and Senate, and my fellow South Dakotans: I want to welcome you all to the Capitol today. Thank you for making the time to be here. It’s customary for a Governor to give remarks at the beginning of a Special Session. But I promise not to take too much of your time. We have important work to get to, and I don’t want to hold it up.

Two Gregory businesses, the Gregory Times Advocate and Cornerstone Property and Storage, have recently completed building upgrades with support from the facade grant program administered from the Gregory Economic Development (GED) Group, in partnership with the Gregory Area Healthcare and System Foundation. The initiative provided matching funds to help local businesses make visible enhancements to their properties, showing pride in the town’s appearance and commitment to its future.

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Governor Larry Rhoden announced on September 17, 2025, the appointment of John Shubeck to represent District 16 in the South Dakota House of Representatives, effective immediately. This seat was formerly held by Representative Richard Vasgaard.