South Dakota lawmakers can adorn their office with a crucifix, but they can't pound the nail into the state Capitol's wall, a legislative oversight board clarified on Tuesday.

A Republican-dominated South Dakota House committee rejected Gov. Kristi Noem's proposal to require public schools to have a moment of silence to start the day.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Tuesday said she would push legislation to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, as she laid out a sharply conservative list of priorities to start the state's legislative session.

Republican lawmakers in at least half a dozen states said they planned to introduce bills using the Texas abortion law as a model, hoping it provides a pathway to enacting the kind of abortion crackdown they have sought for years.