Session Week Three Industrial Hemp Bill Deferred for Final Edits This year’s Industrial Hemp licensing, production, and transportation bill (HB 1008) wasn’t quite in its final form on Thursday morning when it was scheduled for its first hearing. Instead of … Continued
Trash the Plastic Trash Bill! Preemption Bill on the Senate Floor TODAY RIGHT NOW–take a minute to contact your Senator for a NO vote Click the link below to find contact info for your state senator, or call and leave … Continued
Water Management Board Approves TransCanada Permits The legislative week began on Tuesday, but DRA staff & members were across the river in Fort Pierre for the conclusion of nearly a year of meetings and hearings around five contested water permits … Continued
Welcome to the Capitol–Let’s Have a Look Through Your Bags The 2020 Legislative Session opened on Tuesday, January 14th with the Governor’s State of the State address. Due to the KXL Water Permit Hearings taking place simultaneously, DRA staff was … Continued
Most South Dakotans concerned about the use of public water for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline have been focused on the months of contested case hearings before the Water Management Board in Pierre. However, behind the scenes TransCanada has … Continued
Update 12/10/19: the government portal has RE-OPENED. New Due date for public comment is Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 11:59pm Eastern Time. The post below has been updated to reflect that new deadline. Update 12/9/19: as of the morning of … Continued
On October 29th-31st, Dakota Rural Action and other contesting parties returned to Pierre for a second round of hearings in front of the DENR Water Management Board (WMB) in regard to permits for TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline. Three permits are … Continued
Today, Plaintiffs and State agreed to settle the “Riot Booster” case, filed last spring by the ACLU on behalf of Dakota Rural Action and other organizations and individuals after Governor Kristi Noem signed into law an act to criminalize free … Continued
On Wednesday of this week, a federal court blocked enforcement of the unconstitutional provisions of several South Dakota laws, including the notorious, poorly-written “Riot Booster” Act. The bill was introduced in the waning hours of the 2019 legislative session … Continued
August 23, 2019 For Immediate Release Contact: Frank James (605) 697-5204 ext 240 This morning, the Nebraska Supreme Court released its ruling upholding a decision by the Public Service Commission (PSC) to approve the “Mainline Alternative Route” (MAR) for the … Continued