All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 5 2010 // South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds vetoed a bill that supporters said would have changed South Dakota insurance law to help give injured people a better chance of receiving compensation for their losses.The Associated Press...
Mar 26 2010 // South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds has vetoed legislation that would have prohibited insurers from recovering funds from liable parties and would have unfairly and unnecessarily increased insurance costs for South Dakotans...
Mar 26 2010 // South Dakota Division of Insurance Director Merle Scheiber is warning property/casualty insurers that auto policy forms that restrict the types of motor vehicles for which coverage may apply when an insured is struck as a...
Mar 17 2010 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has requested that South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds veto Senate Bill 169, which PCI says will increase litigation costs and cause higher insurance premiums for...
Feb 16 2010 // Two bills expected to be heard this week by the South Dakota legislature would favor attorney interests over consumers by changing important policies that control consumers’ insurance costs, according to the Property...
Nov 16 2009 // The South Dakota Agriculture Department says wet conditions have delayed what looks like a near-record harvest for many South Dakota farmers and raised concerns about a Dec. 10 harvest deadline for crop insurance. In a...
Nov 2 2009 // A national trade organization estimates the number of lost construction jobs in South Dakota at 1,400 during a year in which a weak economy and tight credit slowed developers and builders.The 6 percent drop in South Dakota...
Oct 26 2009 // More than a dozen organizations and state Sen. Ben Nesselhuf of Vermillion have formed Safe and Sound South Dakota, a coalition they say is designed to promote traffic safety legislation.In a release, the coalition said...
Sep 16 2009 // A South Dakota urology clinic and its owners have asked a judge to dismiss an amended lawsuit and its class-action request filed by five Iowans who claim they could have been exposed to blood-borne infections.State health...
Aug 18 2009 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has issued a cease and desist order to Floyd Sheridan, a Baltic, S.D., insurance agent who is alleged to have sold, solicited or negotiated insurance to a Barnes County, N.D....
Aug 4 2009 // The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions.The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same...
Jun 8 2009 // As other states begin passing cell phone laws, South Dakota lawmakers say they won’t be surprised if legislation to ban or limit the use of cellular phones while driving arises again in the next state legislative...
May 26 2009 // South Dakota motorists will hear and feel more bumps on the road this summer. The state Department of Transportation has started putting temporary rumble strips down in construction zones in hopes of cutting down on the...
Mar 27 2009 // The town of Westport, S.D., north of Aberdeen is being flooded by the Elm River and South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds has signed an emergency declaration allowing the use of state resources to help towns and cities respond to...
Mar 25 2009 // GSN Insurance in Madison, South Dakota, only opened its doors on January 5 but already it has a veteran staff, a stable of loyal customers, and a carrier roster that would be the envy of many long-time independent...
Mar 4 2009 // Members of the South Dakota House have killed an attempt to revive a failed bill strengthening the state seat belt law. The House voted 35-33 to defeat an attempt to insert language creating a primary enforcement seat belt...
Mar 2 2009 // A federal judge has signed a preliminary injunction that will allow a Sioux Falls trucking company to keep operating while a court case against it advances, as long as it carries insurance.Action Carrier Inc. was ordered...
Feb 27 2009 // South Dakota could collect more than $5 million in federal money by passing a primary seat belt law, a state lawmaker says.Rep. Rich Engels, D-Hartford, testified on Wednesday for SB79. The House Judiciary Committee will...
Feb 19 2009 // There’s a move afoot in Pierre to change South Dakota’s damage disclosure law for motor vehicles.SB98 would require vehicle titles to contain a statement as to whether the vehicle had been damaged in excess of...
Feb 18 2009 // State transportation officials are immune from a lawsuit filed by a brother of Gov. Mike Rounds over a fatal highway crash, the South Dakota Supreme Court says.The court’s 3-2 decision said the 2004 accident was...