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The legislation comes as Congress and lawmakers around the country have tried to suppress the prices of prescription drugs, which have shot up exponentially in the United States in the last few decades and outpaced the costs in many comparable countries. 

The South Dakota State House gave the greenlight on Wednesday to a bill that says it will hold vital records accountable only to "biological sex," preventing transgender persons from changing the sex designation on their birth certificates.

House Bill 1356 would mandate that schools provide a forum once a year for "youth patriotic" groups like the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to pitch their organization, but large districts are concerned that passing the legislation would open the floodgates for all kinds of clubs to claim they're owed time for recruitment as well. 

Steve Simon has clashed with Republican lawmakers in prior committee hearings on elections.

A Hughes County judge heard arguments over a legal challenge backed by Gov. Kristi Noem and law enforcement to the state's voter-approved constitutional amendment legalizing marijuana in the state.

House Bill 1299 would have required businesses to take cash or face fines of up to $500, but the House voted down the bill by a 70-21 margin on Tuesday, Jan. 26.

Tanner Peterson took advantage of an internship with Pioneer Public Television to produce a video series offering the perspective of four modern-day Native American singers who feel gifted to continue the traditional songs of their people

While the 25-year-old running back finished second in the NFL with 1,557 rushing yards this season, and added 17 total touchdowns, he wants to be even better next season.

The delivery of vaccinations moves into Tier 2 of Phase 1B.

The bill would limit the opioids prescribed to workers through North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance to 90 "morphine milligram equivalents" per day. Prescriptions would also be limited to seven days in the first 30 days of treatment, and patients would have to travel to their medical provider in-person to renew a prescription. The bill makes exceptions for cancer treatments, hospice care, nursing home care and drug abuse treatments. 

Leachman, who appeared in three of Mel Brooks' comic movies, kept acting regularly well into her 90s. She was a contestant on "Dancing With the Stars" at age 82 and appeared in the 2019 reboot of the comedy series "Mad About You."

Whalen uses Jenga bocks as a metaphor for Minnesota's team building

"The pace of the recovery in economic activity and employment has moderated in recent months, with weakness concentrated in the sectors most adversely affected by the pandemic," the Fed's policy-setting committee said in the statement.

The federal government will start shipping South Dakota 12,800 vaccine doses next week, a welcome 16% increase from the usual weekly shipment of about 11,100 doses, said South Dakota Health Secretary Kim Malsam-Rysdon in a media briefing Wednesday, Jan. 27.

Minnesota doesn't want to become the NHL's version of the Denver Broncos

A surging demand has put a spotlight on a problem that's been developing for years in Minnesota: a shortage of the small meat processing operations that provide a key link between farmers and consumers. Now, as there’s growing interest in reviving the local butcher shop, years of scaling back have left the industry in Minnesota at a moment of rebuilding.

The new allegations have arrived in the wake of Michael Muñoz admitting that he plagiarized the Thanksgiving letter he sent to staff in the district.

‘I’m worth every dime of my contract,’ the veteran said on Ben Leber’s podcast

Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday put up his plan for the state budget, complete with funding for additional programming and school funding for enrollment loss.

State officials announced the switch to a lottery system less than a week after they announced the opening of the clinics, which are intended to help quicken the pace of Minnesota's inoculation campaign. Older Minnesotans last week signed up for appointments on a first-come, first-served basis.