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The South Dakota Capitol building in Pierre. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight)

Attempt to change legal newspaper status fails in committee

BY: - February 1, 2023

PIERRE — An attempt to change the rules governing the definition of a legal newspaper was defeated Wednesday morning by the Senate Local Government Committee.  SB 80 would allow free distribution newspapers to publish public notices like local government minutes and bid notices if they had a minimum of 200 paid online subscribers and distributed […]

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(Illustration by Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight)

Shining a new light on South Dakota

BY: - October 25, 2022

When I was in journalism school more than 20 years ago, a professor arranged a conference call for a group of students with a national magazine editor. I asked for career advice. The editor replied, “I’ll tell you one thing: I wouldn’t get a job at a newspaper.” That was probably not the answer my […]