Topic: Mike Rounds

She dotted her I's and crossed her T's before turning in her final paper. Now all Rep. Kristi Noem can do is wait to hear her grades to know if...

Former SD Gov., US Rep. Bill Janklow dead at 72

0 . As governor of South Dakota for 16 years, Bill Janklow was always in a hurry - pushing lawmakers to approve his proposals and racing to ...

States unlikely to heed NTSB call for cell ban

0 . Lawmakers in Missouri had the chance, after two buses packed with high school band members slammed into a freeway wreck caused by a teenager...

SD to seek death penalty in prison killing

0 . State prosecutors filed notice Friday that they will seek the death penalty against two inmates charged with killing a correctional officer at ...

South Dakota citizens ready to flee as river rises

0 . . Dump trucks and moving vans crowded the streets of Dakota Dunes on Wednesday, hauling in dirt to build up miles of levees protecting the ...
From The New York Times A state bill to expand the definition of justifiable homicide in South Dakota to include killing someone in the defense of...
A South Dakota governor once commuted the sentences of 36 criminals -- on the condition they leave his state. In Florida, a convict was told in the ...
South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds says several independent credit analysis companies have given high ratings to bonds issued to support building projects at state technical schools and universities.. ( MCO - news - people ) Investors Service and Fitch Ratings gave high ratings to bonds being ...
Gov. Mike Rounds asks South Dakota state agencies to consider proposing budget cutsGov. Mike Rounds has asked state agencies in South Dakota to consider requesting budgets for next year that are 10 percent below the amount they are authorized to spend this ...

Is an Internet Sales Tax Coming Soon?

A new bill in Congress would allow sales tax to be charged on Internet transactions - a move backers say would eliminate the edge online retailers have over brick-and-mortar small businesses.. Proposed by Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.) and known as The Main Street Fairness ...