Visitor spending in South Dakota set an all-time record in 2022. Tourism officials were closely monitoring the 2022 numbers following the extreme record-setting year of 2021.

On Friday, January 20, Governor Kristi Noem signed Executive Order 2023-02, which blocks the State of South Dakota from doing business with certain telecommunications companies owned or controlled by “evil foreign governments.” The order also requires that every state contract includse a clause certifying the contractor is not owned, influenced, or affiliated with these countries.

The Dakota Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States which was established on March 2, 1861. It existed until November 2, 1889, when the states of North and South Dakota were admitted to the Union.

This week, we welcomed the South Dakota State University football team to the South Dakota State Capitol in Pierre. On January 8th, the Jackrabbits brought home a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) national championship win against North Dakota State University! This was not just any victory – it was a win against their rivals. And thanks to SDSU’s excellent play, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has to keep a Jackrabbit helmet in his office for the rest of the month.

R eport Senator Erin Tobin District 21 Aurora, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory, Tripp Counties Committees: Chair of Health & Human Services, Executive Board, Agriculture and Natural Resources, State Affairs Capitol Address: 500 E. Capitol Ave.

T ransfers Personal Representative’s Deed; Leslie K. Richardson & Dorothy Richardson, Co-Personal Representatives of the estate of Thomas Lee Richardson, aka Thomas L.