COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 29 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson continues support for President Trump's birthright citizenship policy * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today he has joined a friend-of-the-court brief with a coalition of 26 attorneys general in support of President Trump's birthright citizenship executive order. On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order to stop automatic birthright citizenship more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * DHS Leads Historic, Nationwide Response as Winter Storm Slams 12 States at Once * WASHINGTON \- In one of the most expansive and severe winter weather emergencies in recent history, a powerful storm system simultaneously impacted 12 states, triggering rapid federal action to protect American lives, infrastructure, and communities. At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem l more PR

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Jan. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota posted the following news release on Jan. 28, 2026: * * * Eagle Butte Man Found Guilty of Threatening Federal Official PIERRE - United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a jury has convicted Joseph Lafferty, age 68, of Eagle Butte, South Dakota, of one count of Threatening a Federal Official following a 3-day jury trial in federal district court in Pierre, South Dakota. The verdict was returned on January 23, 2026. The charge carri more PR

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Jan. 30 -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: * * * Former SDSU department head visits Egypt as part of Fulbright project By Addison DeHaven Douglas Raynie, professor emeritus and former head of South Dakota State University's Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, visited Egypt's Beni Suef University in November 2025 as part of the U.S. Fulbright Specialist Program. For thousands of years, farmers have been growing medicinal and aromatic plants -- like basil, cumin and mint -- on more PR

PIERRE, South Dakota, Jan. 29 -- Gov. Larry Rhoden, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Rhoden Signs Rural Health Transformation Bill * PIERRE, S.D. - Today, Governor Larry Rhoden signed HB 1044, which appropriates funding for the Rural Health Transformation Program. This is the first bill Governor Rhoden has signed into law this legislative session. "This is a big win for rural South Dakota! This may be the most significant investment in rural healthcare in South Dakota's history, and it will strengthen our stat more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 30 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary on Jan. 28, 2026, by transportation policy analyst Neliann Rivera: * * * Despite increased funding, transit ridership hasn't returned in most areas States where transit continued to support local, all-day travel generally saw steadier post-pandemic recoveries than those focused primarily on peak-hour commuting into downtown job centers. * Before 2020, much of U.S. transit planning, especially in metropolitan areas with long-established rail networks,  more PR

PIERRE, South Dakota, Jan. 30 -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley issued the following news release: * * * State Senate Approves Attorney General Jackley Bill to Enhance Penalties for Use of Controlled Substances in Prisons South Dakota State Senators Thursday approved Attorney General Marty Jackley's bill that enhances the penalties for ingestion, possession, possession with intent to deliver, and delivery of a controlled substance in a state correctional facility. Senate Bill 42 was passed by the Senate on a 26-7 vote with two  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network posted the following news release: * * * South Dakota House Affirms Importance of Access to Care, Defeats HJR 5002 * PIERRE, S.D. -The importance of South Dakotans having access to quality, affordable health care was affirmed Thursday when the House of Representatives voted against moving House Joint Resolution 5002 forward, killing the latest attempt to repeal Medicaid expansion and showing respect for the will of the voters who initiated and appro more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Senate Minority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Thune: Republicans Invest in the Next Generation * Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON -U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune's remarks below (as delivered): "Mr. President, there's almost nothing parents won't do for their children. "From the moment they hand you that little bundle, your whole life becomes about giving them a better life.  more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 30 (TNSrpt) -- The UCLA School of Law Williams Institute issued the following news release: * * * More than half of transgender youth live in a state with at least one law or policy restricting their rights According to a new report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, 53% of transgender youth ages 13 to 17 in the U.S.--approximately 382,800 young people--live in 29 states with laws or policies that restrict access to gender-affirming care, sports, bathrooms and facilities, or the use of gender-affir more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 30 -- The West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release: * * * West Virginia leads fight against efforts by climate activists to improperly influence federal judges West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is leading a coalition of 27 attorneys general calling for the Federal Judicial Center to immediately withdraw an inappropriate new addition to the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence that deals with "climate science." For decades, the Manual has been an important r more PR