Amancai Biraben

FILE – Sou South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem takes part in a panel discussion during a Republican Governors Association conference, Nov. 15, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. th Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem takes part in a panel discussion during a Republican Governors Association conference, Nov. 15, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. South Dakota’s House voted by a narrow margin Monday, March 27, 2023, to uphold Noem’s recent veto of a bill that would have created regulations for the use of cryptocurrency in the state. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

South Dakota upholds veto of crypto regulation bill as the governor warns of ‘potential future overreach’ by the Feds

By Amancai Biraben and The Associated Press

FILE – Cooling towers release heat generated by boiling water reactors at Xcel Energy’s Nuclear Generating Plant on Oct. 2, 2019, in Monticello, Minn. Minnesota regulators said Thursday, March 16, 2023, that they’re monitoring the cleanup of a leak of 400,000 gallons of radioactive water from Xcel Energy’s Monticello nuclear power plant in late November 2022. The company said there’s no danger to the public. (Evan Frost/Minnesota Public Radio via AP, File)

Nuclear power plant 35 miles outside Minneapolis leaked radioactive waste but officials waited months to notify public

By Michael Phillis, Amancai Biraben, and others

Capitol groundskeeper Mike Nielson clears the walkways at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah, following a snowstorm on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. A brutal winter storm knocked out power in California, closed interstate highways from Arizona to Wyoming and prompted more than 1,200 flight cancellations Wednesday — and the worst won’t be over for several days. (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP)

Brutal winter storm that cancelled 1,800 flights and left over 700,000 without power is set to slam California

By Amancai Biraben, Jim Salter, and others

Kristi Noem

Gripped by balloon panic, South Dakota fears Chinese ownership of farmland

By Amancai Biraben and The Associated Press