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South Dakota’s Highway Patrol reports the department is understaffed by about 25. Officials say that impacts drunk driving and citations across the state.
If Congress can’t pass an appropriations bill to continue funding the federal government by the start of the next fiscal year soon, it shuts down. Rep. Dusty Johnson is introducing a bill he hopes can curb that possibility.
A report from the Prison Policy Initiative found South Dakota has more women in prison per capita than any other state in the country — and more than any other country in the world.
State officials say zebra mussels have infested a popular recreational lake in northeast South Dakota.
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