Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota - South Dakota is officially stepping away from managing its own industrial hemp program. Senate Bill 39, which has successfully navigated the state legislature and received final legislative approval this month, will shift the oversight of the state’s hemp growers to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota- Governor Larry Rhoden made South Dakota the first state in the nation to remove firearm suppressors from the list of “controlled weapons” on Tuesday, signing Senate Bill 2 into law. The move underscores the administration’s goal of maintaining South Dakota’s status as the most Second Amendment-friendly state in the country.