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state commerce need to be reversed. The request to the Supreme Court argues the rulings have allowed more concentration of power with the federal government, creating problems like more national debt and the potential for abuses of power.
• "Without the centralization of so much regulatory power in the federal government, tyranny would be a lot less likely to occur," the argument reads.
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• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- A North Dakota man will serve more than three years in prison for beating up a woman on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation that straddles the South Dakota border.
• A federal judge in Bismarck sentenced 42-year-old Samuel Bryce Silk Jr., of Cannonball, Monday to 43 months in prison.
• He pleaded guilty in September to domestic assault by a habitual offender. Silk has at least two prior domestic violence convictions in tribal court.
• Federal prosecutors say Silk assaulted a woman in January. She suffered a broken jaw and extensive bruising to her leg.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A second state panel has delayed hearings on a proposed uranium mine in the Black Hills until two federal agencies decide on the project.
• The South Dakota Water Management Board on Monday postponed its second week of hearings scheduled for the week of Dec. 9 in Rapid City.
• The Board of Minerals and Environment earlier delayed its second round of hearings on Powertech Uranium Corp.'s application for a mine near Edgemont.
• Both state boards say they'll reschedule after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Environmental Protection Agency rule on the project and establish financial surety.
• The Water Management Board says the delay was in response to a request from Powertech and other parties.
• The panel must decide whether to grant water rights permits and a groundwater discharge plan.
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• MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Highway Patrol says a woman killed in a head-on collision south of Mitchell had evidence of marijuana use and hydro

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