| 12 17, 2020 | AG RAVNSBORG JOINS SECOND MULTISTATE LAWSUIT AGAINST GOOGLEAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg today joined with 37 other attorneys general in a bipartisan coalition suing Google LLC for anticompetitive conduct in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act. Read More |
| 12 16, 2020 | AG RAVNSBORG AND 10 STATES FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST GOOGLE FOR ANTICOMPETITIVE PRACTICES AND DECEPTIVE MISREPRESENTATIONS Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg announced today that the State of South Dakota has joined a multistate coalition of 10 states in a lawsuit against Google for multiple violations of Federal and State Antitrust Laws, including anticompetitive conduct, exclusionary practices, and deceptive misrepresentations in connection with its role in the multibillion-dollar online display advertising industry Read More |
| 11 25, 2020 | SOUTH DAKOTA AND SANFORD HEALTH SETTLE MEDICAID CASEAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg announced today that South Dakota has reached a settlement agreement with Sanford Health resolving a case involving Medicaid payments. Read More |
| 10 30, 2020 | ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE RELEASES LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SHOOTING SUMMARYAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg and the Division of Criminal Investigation today released the summary into the shooting of Benjamin Hernandez, 34, Madison, on September 30, 2020, in Madison, South Dakota. Read More |
| 09 24, 2020 | SOUTH DAKOTA ANNOUNCES $60 MILLION MULTISTATE SETTLEMENT WITH C.R. BARDAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg today announced a settlement by 48 states and the District of Columbia with C.R. Bard, Inc. and its parent company Becton, Dickinson and Company requiring payment of $60 million. Read More |
| 08 25, 2020 | SOUTH DAKOTA ANNOUNCES $85 MILLION MULTISTATE SETTLEMENT WITH AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR COMPANY, INC. AND HONDA OF AMERICA MFG., INC.Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg today announced a multistate settlement with American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Honda of America Mfg., Inc. (collectively “Honda”), over allegations Honda concealed safety issues related to defects in the frontal airbag systems installed in certain vehicles sold in the United States. The systems were designed and manufactured by Takata Corporation, a long-time Honda supplier, and were first installed in Honda vehicles in the 2001 model year. Read More |
| 08 17, 2020 | ATTORNEY GENERAL JASON RAVNSBORG APPOINTS DEAN NEIL FULTON TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS STANDARDS AND TRAINING COMMISSIONAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg announced today the appointment of Neil Fulton, Dean of the USD Knudson School of Law, to the Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Training Commission. With this 2-year appointment the commissioner Fulton replaces, Jo Vitek of Watertown and keeps the commission with a full slate of 11 members. Read More |
| 08 06, 2020 | SOUTH DAKOTA JOINS SETTLEMENT OF FRAUD ALLEGATIONS AGAINST UNITED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.Attorney General Jason R. Ravnsborg announced today that South Dakota has joined 49 other states, territories, and the federal government to settle allegations of fraud against Universal Health Services, Inc. Read More |
| 08 06, 2020 | SOUTH DAKOTA CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE FOR FEDERAL PANDEMIC LIABILITY PROTECTIONS, URGES CONGRESS TO CONSIDER SAFE TO WORK ACTAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg, along with 20 other state attorneys general, this week co-signed a letter to the U.S. Congress, authored by Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr and Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, urging the adoption of the protections contained in the Safe to Work Act. Read More |
| 07 29, 2020 | ATTORNEY GENERAL RAVNSBORG ELECTED 2ND VICE CHAIR AND MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE CONFERENCE OF WESTERN ATTORNEYS GENERALAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg has been elected to serve as the 2nd Vice Chair and a member of the Executive Board of the Conference of Western Attorneys General (CWAG). Read More |
| 07 17, 2020 | ATTORNEY GENERAL EXPLANATION RELEASED FOR PROPOSED INITIATED CONTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND PROPOSED INITIATED MEASURE, BOTH DEALING WITH MEDICAID EXPANSIONSouth Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg announced today that Attorney General Explanations for a proposed initiated constitutional amendment and a proposed initiated measure have been filed with the Secretary of State. Read More |
| 07 09, 2020 | ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE RELEASES DAY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SHOOTING SUMMARY– Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg and the Division of Criminal Investigation today released the summary into the shooting of Michael Andreas Beckham, 46, Webster, on June 2, 2020, in Day County near Webster, South Dakota. Read More |
| 07 06, 2020 | U.S. SUPREME COURT UNANIMOUSLY DEFENDS STATE RULES REQUIRING ELECTORS TO HONOR STATE LAWS REGARDING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORSIn a unanimous decision today the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled that presidential electors can only cast their ballot for the candidate who won the popular vote in their state. Read More |
| 07 01, 2020 | AG RAVNSBORG URGES U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO RECONSIDER CLAIMS PROCESSING POLICY CHANGESAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg, along with Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul have assembled a bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general to urge the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to rescind a newly-implemented policy that will result in further delays and confusion in the claims process.
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| 06 15, 2020 | ATTORNEY GENERAL RELEASES RAPID CITY POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING SUMMARYAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg and the Division of Criminal Investigation today released the summary into the shooting of Anthony Angel, 30, Rapid City, SD, on May 13, 2020, in Rapid City, South Dakota. Read More |
| 06 08, 2020 | ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE RELEASES WHITEWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOOTING SUMMARYAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg and the Division of Criminal Investigation today released the summary into the shooting of Jaris Kroetch, 41, Rapid City, on April 10, 2020, in Whitewood, South Dakota. Read More |
| 06 04, 2020 | ARREST MADE IN HAMLIN COUNTY CHILD DEATHAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg said today that on the morning of Tuesday, June 2, 2020, the Hamlin County Sheriff’s Office, Castlewood Ambulance and Watertown Fire Rescue responded to a call of an unresponsive 2-year-old female at a residence in Castlewood, South Dakota The child was transported to Prairie Lakes Hospital in Watertown where she was pronounced dead. Read More |
| 05 29, 2020 | ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY OF SIOUX FALLS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAININGAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg is pleased to announce a new partnership between his office, the Division of Criminal Investigation and the City of Sioux Falls Police Department to expand the training capacity of the South Dakota Law Enforcement Training academy. Read More |
| 05 21, 2020 | ATTORNEY GENERAL RAVNSBORG JOINS COALITION OF ATTORNEYS GENERAL URGING CONGRESS TO PASS SAFEGUARDING AMERICA’S FIRST RESPONDERS ACTAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg is joining a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general urging Congress to pass S.3607, the Safeguarding America’s First Responders (SAFR) Act. Read More |
| 05 12, 2020 | FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL 2020 BALLOT EXPLANATION RELEASED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BSouth Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has today released the following Attorney General’s ballot explanation for the November 2020 general election. Read More |
| 05 11, 2020 | PERKINS COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY PENFIELD APPOINTED TO MENTAL ILLNESS COUNCIL Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg today announced the appointment of Perkins County State’s Attorney Shane Penfield to serve on the South Dakota Council for Improving Criminal Justice Responses for Persons with Mental Illness effective immediately. Read More |
| 05 07, 2020 | ATTORNEY GENERAL RAVNSBORG JOINS WITH 52 ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN EFFORT TO EXPAND ILLEGAL ROBOCALL RESPONSEAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg recently joined a bipartisan coalition of 52 Attorneys General in calling on USTelecom – the leading organization representing telecommunications providers – and its Industry Traceback Group (ITG) to continue working with state attorneys general by bolstering technological capabilities to improve enforcement against illegal robocallers. Read More |
| 05 05, 2020 | RAVNSBORG JOINS WITH MIDWEST AND WESTERN ATTORNEYS GENERAL URGING FEDERAL INVESTIGATION OF MEAT PACKING INDUSTRY PRACTICESAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg and the Attorneys General from ten other Midwestern and Western states are urging the Department of Justice to pursue a federal investigation into suspected national price fixing by meat packers in the cattle industry. Read More |
| 04 22, 2020 | SOUTH DAKOTA RECEIVES $20.8 MILLION PAYMENT FROM TOBACCO SETTLEMENTAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg announced today that South Dakota has received its annual tobacco settlement payment totaling $20,864,744.11. Read More |
| 04 10, 2020 | SOUTH DAKOTA LEADS 44 STATES IN FILING AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF TO JOIN US SUPREME COURT CASES DEFENDING STATE RULES REQUIRING ELECTORS TO HONOR STATE LAWS REGARDING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORSSouth Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg is pleased to announce that a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from 44 states and the District of Columbia have joined two United States Supreme Court cases which will decide whether presidential electors must honor state laws when casting their electoral college ballots for President of the United States. Read More |
| 04 09, 2020 | ATTORNEY GENERAL RAVNSBORG WARNS OF STIMULUS SCAMSSouth Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg is urging all South Dakotan’s to be on the lookout for a surge of calls, emails, and text messages related to the federal government’s economic impact payments to citizens. Read More |
| 04 07, 2020 | CRIME IN SOUTH DAKOTA 2019 PUBLICATION RELEASEDAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg released today the Crime in South Dakota 2019 report. Read More |
| 03 31, 2020 | ATTORNEY GENERAL RAVNSBORG ISSUES ALERT AFTER REPORTS OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) SCAMS TARGETING SOUTH DAKOTA RESIDENTSAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg is alerting residents to a wave of COVID-19 scams occurring as a result of the global Coronavirus pandemic. Read More |
| 03 30, 2020 | ATTORNEY GENERAL, CONSUMER PROTECTION AND DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE URGE CAUTION WHEN DOING BUSINESS WITH TRANSIENT VENDORSAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg, the Division of Consumer Protection and the South Dakota Department of Revenue warn consumers to be wary of transient vendors once again. Read More |
| 03 18, 2020 | ATTORNEY GENERAL RAVNSBORG CAUTIONS AGAINST CORONAVIRUS-RELATED SCAMSAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg reminds South Dakotans to be on the lookout for scam artists taking advantage of the current Coronavirus emergency to find new victims. Read More |
| 03 06, 2020 | FALKENBERG RECEIVES LIFE SENTENCE FOR KILLING YANKTON WOMANAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg today announced that Stephen R. Falkenberg, 45, Yankton, has been sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole at a hearing on Monday, March 2, 2020. Read More |
| 03 06, 2020 | ADVISORY WARNING REGARDING VISION TEST APP TECHNOLOGY South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg warns consumers to proceed with caution when using online and app-based vision testing technology. Read More |
| 03 02, 2020 | SOUTH DAKOTA OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL CELEBRATES NATIONAL CONSUMER PROTECTION WEEKIn observance of National Consumer Protection week, March 1-7, 2020, Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg is releasing the Attorney General’s Division of Consumer Protection’s Top Ten Consumer Complaints received by the office in calendar year 2019. Read More |
| 01 29, 2020 | ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE RELEASES RAPID CITY POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING SUMMARYAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg and the Division of Criminal Investigation today released the summary into the shooting of Patrick Alden, 29, Rapid City, SD, on December 29, 2019, in Rapid City, South Dakota. Read More |
| 01 21, 2020 | YANKTON COUNTY JURY RETURNS GUILTY VERDICT FOR KILLER OF YANKTON WOMAN Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg today announced that a Yankton County jury found Stephen R. Falkenberg, 45, Yankton, guilty of 2nd Degree Murder, a class B felony and guilty of 1st degree Manslaughter, a class C felony. Read More |
| 01 17, 2020 | SOUTH DAKOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL HELPS ASSEMBLE BI-PARTISAN COALTION TO ARGUE AGAINST FAITHLESS ELECTORS BEFORE US SUPREME COURTAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg today announced that the Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to review a decision from the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals last year. Read More |
| 01 10, 2020 | ATTORNEY GENERAL JASON RAVNSBORG ANNOUNCES 2020 LEGISLATIVE PACKAGEAttorney General Jason Ravnsborg announces the Attorney General’s proposed legislative package for 2020 requesting the legislature to consider. Read More |
