South Dakota

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  One in five health insurance apps rejected

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  January 24, 2013

  Having trouble getting health insurance? You’re not alone. Analysis from HealthPocket shows the health insurance industry averages an application rejection rate of 22 percent of submitted individual and family applications nationally.

• Hutterites must pay workers’comp

  By Matt Volz  |  January 2, 2013

  A sharply divided Montana Supreme Court has ruled that forcing a Hutterite religious colony to pay workers' compensation insurance for jobs outside the commune is not an unconstitutional intrusion into religion.

• Pension funds reconsider gun maker investments

  By Michael Gormley  |  December 21, 2012

  From California to New York, teacher and public-worker retirement funds are reconsidering their investments in gun makers.

• GOP governors want to talk health care with Obama

  By Kelli Kennedy  |  December 13, 2012

  Eleven Republican governors, including Florida's Rick Scott, Louisiana's Bobby Jindal and Arizona's Jan Brewer want to meet with President Barack Obama to discuss the federal health overhaul, including ways to make expanding the Medicaid rolls and setting up online health exchanges more affordable for states with tight budgets.

• Economy remains weak in Midwest, Plains states

  By The Associated Press  |  December 3, 2012

  The economy in nine Midwest and Plains states likely will remain sluggish because of weakness in ethanol and food production, but conditions vary widely across the region, according to a report released Monday.

• Diabetes rates rocket in Oklahoma, South

  By Mike Stobbe  |  November 16, 2012

  The nation's diabetes problem is getting worse, and the biggest jump over 15 years was in Oklahoma, according to a new federal report issued Thursday.

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  South Dakota health care providers urge Medicaid expansion

  By Chet Brokaw  |  November 13, 2012

  Now that President Barack Obama's re-election has cleared the way for the full implementation of his health care law, doctors and hospitals in South Dakota are urging the state to expand its Medicaid program so thousands of additional low-income residents can receive coverage.

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  Obama’s health care overhaul turns into a sprint

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  November 8, 2012

  Its place assured alongside Medicare and Medicaid, President Barack Obama's health care law is now in a sprint to the finish line, with just 11 months to go before millions of uninsured people can start signing up for coverage.

• Hawaii, Idaho rank as top places to retire

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  October 23, 2012

  Hawaii is the best place in the United States to retire and Michigan is the worst, according to a new study by MoneyRates.com.

• Denver-based company to pay more than $41,000 in back wages

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  October 12, 2012

  Crème de la Crème, a Denver-based child care provider with locations nationwide, is paying $41,440 in back wages to 354 current and former workers following violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime and record-keeping provisions.