MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Sept. 13 -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: On September 8, 2022, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, which decides all appeals from the Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota federal district courts, re-established Minnesota as the only state other than Kansas to authorize "farmers" to sue an out-of-state "parent company for the unmet contractual obligations of its subsidiary under certain agricultural contracts." Pit  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Sept. 13 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2022: Today Governor Kristi Noem announced that following several weeks of medical treatment in South Dakota for a back injury, the Governor underwent successful back surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Her treating surgeon, Dr. Mohamad Bydon, described the treatment: "Governor Noem developed an acute condition impacting her lumbar spine. She underwent successful surge  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Sept. 13 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release and letter on Sept. 12, 2022: Governor Kristi Noem and 21 of her fellow Republican governors sent a letter to President Biden saying they oppose his plan to forgive students their federal loans, saying that debt would then have to be paid for by taxpayers. "Only 16-17 percent of Americans have federal student loan debt, and yet, your plan will require their debts to be redistributed and paid b  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Sept. 17 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following statement on Sept. 16, 2022: * * * 2022 is on track to be another fantastic year for economic investment in South Dakota. Since I took office, I have championed our state as the best place in the country to do business. We had all the ingredients to succeed, even before the COVID pandemic hit, but now we're breaking records for economic growth and business investment. We have always had the potential to b  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Sept. 16 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2022: Governor Kristi Noem announced that Gevo has broken ground on the largest economic investment in South Dakota history - a world-class sustainable fuel production facility in Lake Preston. "Businesses are choosing South Dakota because we are 'Open for Business,' and we give them the opportunity to succeed," said Governor Noem. "This facility proves that government mandates ar  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Sept. 16 (TNSres) -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: Solar panels have been in use for several decades in the United States, but what happens when they are old enough to be replaced or upgraded? Ilke Celik, Ph.D., assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at South Dakota Mines, has received funding from the National Science Foundation to study methods for creating new types of solar panels that will b  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Sept. 14 (TNSfund) -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: South Dakota Mines has been named a partner in a $14 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that establishes the new multi-institutional Great Plains Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Hub. The grant is heralded as a game changer for converting ideas generated on campus into profitable businesses that employ area graduates and grow the local tech-based economy. Th  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Sept. 16 -- The South Dakota Legislative Research Council issued the following news release: The 2023 Legislative Session begins January 10, 2023, bringing legislators, interns, and pages to Pierre for January, February, and March. Those working during session are in need of places to stay for those months. People in the Pierre/Fort Pierre area with furnished houses, apartments, or rooms they would be willing to rent to a legislator or session employee from January 10 thr  more