California Congressman Proposes Child Labor Rules for Ag Industry
Doctor and Congressman Raul Ruiz of California is proposing the Children’s Act for Responsible Employment and Farm Safety Act to extend labor safety protections to children dragooned into agricultural...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Has Third-Highest Rate of Deadly Falls Among Old Folks
So that’s why they call it Sioux Falls: …the CDC reported in 2021 that South Dakota ranks third in the nation in deaths from falls, and second in the nation in terms of percent of older adults who...
View ArticleSF Parks Proposes People Overpass Between Falls Park and Farmers Market
KELO-TV reports that Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation has what seems like a really good idea for Falls Park: a people overpass over Falls Park Drive! “I would say the other big thing that’s going to be...
View ArticleTwo Fake Bomb Threats Tie up Law Enforcement, Disrupt School in Flandreau
Some knucklehead managed to tie up officers from the Moody County Sheriff’s Office, Flandreau city police, Flandreau tribal police, Highway Patrol, Game Fish and Parks, Madison city police, and the...
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Traffic Deaths up 15% in South Dakota
Four of the nine headline stories on the state’s official news page this morning are about fatal car crashes: News.SD.Gov, screen cap 2023.08.30. KELO-TV says the South Dakota’s highways are running...
View ArticleTraffic Circles Prove Worth on 9th Street in Sioux Falls
That traffic circles the city of Sioux Falls installed on 9th Street in April is doing what it’s supposed to—making the Cathedral District safer: Back in April, before a traffic circle a couple blocks...
View ArticleGun Violence Creates Public Health Emergency in Albuquerque; Governor...
On Wednesday night, a road-rage shooting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, killed an eleven-year-old boy and gravely wounded a 20-something relative: Police Chief Harold Medina said in a news conference...
View ArticlePervasive Cameras Help Catch Dangerous Aberdeen Driver
The private surveillance state helps catch a red-light runner and hit-and-run menace in Aberdeen: Aberdeen police have recovered the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run crash that sent a boy to the...
View ArticleCars, Falls Hurting Fewer Kids; Guns Killing More Kids
The good news is that, over the past decade, non-fatal injuries among children have decreased by more than 50% over the past decade, largely because we’ve chosen to take action to protect our kids from...
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Lax Pipeline Safety Enforcement Could Cost SD Federal Cash for 811 Safety...
According to the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, diggers nicked natural gas pipelines in South Dakota 489 times last year (that’s like one each weekday and two each...
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