Data center clash in SD political race

A South Dakota Democratic Public Utilities Commission candidate is calling for a one-year ban on new artificial intelligence data centers in the state, while his Republican opponent calls the proposal “reckless and pandering” and says new state laws regulating the industry are sufficient. Frank Kloucek, a farmer from rural Scotland, South Dakota, and a Democratic […]

An experiment deep underground in South Dakota’s Black Hills has reported its “most compelling hint of dark matter” to date. A news release Tuesday from the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment announced the recording of a single particle interaction that researchers have difficulty explaining with known background signals from normal matter. The result does not yet meet the […]

WASHINGTON — As public opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court flags amid decisions that have roiled the nation, Democrats renewed calls ahead of the midterms to expand the high court, while House Republicans are considering a constitutional amendment this week that proposes to cap the number at nine. Just Monday, the court gave the green […]