Todd Epp

(NPN) -- One Dakota has the best poverty rate in the region and one of the best in the nation. The other Dakota has the worst poverty rate in the region but fares OK nationally.

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While not in the bottom 10 states nationally for obesity, South Dakota - in the middle of the Northern Plains - has an obesity rate of 28.3 percent of the population, with Iowa a slim 0.2 points behind S.D. in fatness.

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(NPN) – Northern Plains states—including the Dakotas—have lower home foreclosure rates than most of the nation, according to a new report.

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(NPN) -- South and North Dakota and other Northern Plains states rank well in a new study examining household financial security across the United States.

The study by Washington-based Corporation for Enterprise Development ranked North Dakota second and South Dakota 12th in household financial security

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(NPN) -- It’s probably not too hard to believe that even unpopulated states like North and South Dakota might have economies the size of Kenya.

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(NPN) -- While Washington, D.C. had the highest Payroll to Population rate in the country in 2013, at 55.7 percent, a cluster of states in the Northern Plains -- North Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa and South Dakota -- all made the top 10.

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One of the issues voters will consider on the April 8 Sioux Fall City election ballot is something called 'Shape Places,' a change in the city’s zoning law.

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(NPN) -- Two organizations representing the nation's dairy farmers and dairy companies urge state lawmakers in South Dakota to reject efforts easing regulations surrounding raw milk sales directly to consumers

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(NPN) -- South Dakota’s tobacco prevention funding should be nearly tripled, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control.

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Need to fill up the gas tank? If you live in South Dakota, you might want to wait until Wednesday.

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