Victoria Wicks

South Dakota Public Utilities Commission chairman Gary Hanson says the world needs to transition to renewable energy but, because the industry and economy…

Climate change, global warming, greenhouse effect—people can't even agree on the terminology. Whatever it’s called, conventional wisdom in the United…

SDPB's Victoria Wicks has been covering the Indian Child Welfare Act Summit this week in Rapid City. The summit was organized to delve into controversial…

Indian tribes say the state of South Dakota takes more than 700 tribal children out of their homes every year, and the majority of them are placed with…

This is the way we wash our clothes—with a washer, a dryer, tap water, bottled detergent, dryer sheets… But residents of West Hills Retirement Village…

On April 17, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling that could invalidate a South Dakota law allowing forced blood draws without a warrant from…

By Victoria WicksToday’s Dakota Digest is the last segment in a four-part series. SDPB’s Victoria Wicks examines aspects of the state’s efforts to reduce…

The State of South Dakota is launching a Criminal Justice Initiative to lower the prison population and the costs associated with it. This effort is…

By Victoria WicksSouth Dakota’s prison population has grown six-fold since the 1970s. If it continues to grow at its current rate, the state will spend…

In the days following the 2012 election, a majority of states filed petitions with the White House asking to secede from the Union. One of those states…