SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) A national gay rights group is out with it's annual ranking of how South Dakota cities treat the concerns of LGBT people.
Brookings is tops at 72 in the Human Rights Campaign's Municipal Equality Index. Sioux Falls ranks second with 63 on the scale of zero to 100.
Other cities were far behind. Both Mitchell and Pierre scored zeros.
The City of Sioux Falls is holding a news conference on Friday to discuss how the city improved its score from the year before, and to say that more work needs to be done.
The Index examines how inclusive municipal laws, policies and services are. It ranks in five areas from law enforcement to non-discrimination laws.
The Index rated 506 cities including the 50 state capitals and the 200 largest cities in the United States.
The Index will be tougher in 2018, for it will deduct points for religious exemptions that allow "discrimination" against LGBT people, such as a Catholic baker being permitted to refuse a wedding cake to a same-sex couple.