SDPB News

Today from SDPB - Gov. Larry Rhoden announces a future fund expenditure for a gunsmithing program at Western Dakota Tech and the Republican gubernatorial candidates takes on agriculture ahead of the June primary.

Today from SDPB - multiple counties report absentee voting ballots for the June primary won't be ready and the state's investment officer is receiving a bonus despite some reservations from lawmakers.

Today from SDPB - lawmakers decide on legislative memos, Republican gubernatorial candidates talk tax policy and weather preparation.

Today from SDPB - a look at the Republican primary election for governor and a measure allowing urban chicken coops in Rapid City.

Today from SDPB - school districts adapt to new legislation, CDL holders face licensing changes and officials unveil South Dakota's contribution to a national time capsule.

Today from SDPB - SDPB remembers John Waylon Miller and former Sturgis Mayor Kevin Forrester, and Governor Larry Rhoden announces the creation of the South Dakota Defense Institute, and more.

Today from SDPB - travel weather ahead of Easter weekend, Lake Mitchell restoration project hinges on state board and more.

Today from SDPB - a look at the summer for legislators, renovations at the capitol building and more.

Today from SDPB - a recap of the legislative veto day, grants for historic preservation and a look at weather for the state.

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Today from SDPB - a look at both the state and Congressional SAVE Acts, the firefighters who aren't getting paid to fight fires in the state and more.

Today from SDPB - a look at what passed this session on the economic development front, the latest from the Rapid City Library, a second governor's veto and more.

Today from SDPB - a bill allowing loans for airports is signed into law, what one government official hopes a recent trade mission could yield, vetoes from Gov. Rhoden's perspective and a legislative tribute.

Today from SDPB - a "quickly forgotten" issue in the Legislative Session, a scientific breakthrough and more.

Today from SDPB - updates on the death of a Sioux Falls teen, a high schooler from South Dakota heads to Washington D.C. to be honored and updates on a fire in Western South Dakota.

Today from SDPB - updates from fires around South Dakota, a peek at weekend weather and bills being signed to law.

Today from SDPB - the state's highest court hears debate on questions if state Constitutional protections extend to police officers and their names, the School of Mines fundraising for scholarships and more.

Today from SDPB - Attorney General's bills all advanced out of Legislature, grants given to schools and a deeper dive on the U.S.-Iranian conflict's impact on agriculture.

Today from SDPB - updates from a fire near Custer, how the U.S-Iran conflict is impact one of South Dakota's major industries and more.

Today from SDPB - a recap of the major property tax bills passed this session, a gubernatorial hopeful announcing his plan for economic development and more.

Today from SDPB - the Legislature greenlights a budget to fund state government for the next fiscal year, a school lunch bill years in the making advances to the governor's desk and dollars that were restored in the budget.

Today from SDPB - dollars to help renovate the state capitol, a House floor property tax debate and more.

Today from SDPB - lawmakers pass a bill providing homeowner occupied property tax relief, however critics argue it's done on the backs of non-homeowners, a school lunches bill is heading to the governor's desk and an overarching view of the data center debates at this point in session.

Today from SDPB - property tax talk in Pierre, housing dollars used to support airport expansion, school lunches bill set for hearing Monday and former Gov. Kristi Noem is no longer the head of the Department of Homeland Security.

Today from SDPB - the latest on one of the biggest topics this session beginning to heat up in the capitol building: property taxes, one bill aiming to regulate an unregulated industry and a bill on school lunches advances.

Today from SDPB - campaign dollars and disclosure bills in the Legislature, cell phones in schools and tariffs.

Today from SDPB - potential changes to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in South Dakota—though that's contingent on a not-so certain governor's signature, committees killing animal abuse and sports wagering bills and bills advancing to the governor's desk.

Today from SDPB - the aftermath of a tense Crossover Day, a parental rights bill some are hitting pause on and a property tax bill debate.

Today from SDPB - absence in Senate brings chamber to a halt, protections for living organ donors and property tax bills struck down and advanced.

Today from SDPB - lawmakers want voters to decide on the powers of the Lieutenant Governor in the Senate, a House committee takes a look penalties for doxing, appropriators look at covering the fiscal impact of covering some school lunch costs and more.

Today from SDPB - Crime rates drop in South Dakota over the last calendar year, airports one step closer to securing new funding, and more...

Today from SDPB - The role of the Lt. Governor as President of the state Senate, questions about education funding in the Appropriations Committee, and more...

Today from SDPB - Property taxes are a key battle in the 2026 session, and it's still a long ways from resolved, and what exactly is a "land bank?" All this, and more...

Today from SDPB - state appropriators have about $30 million extra reasons to be happy about the years revenue, a proposed anti-scam banking proposal is making progress in Pierre, and more...

Today from SDPB - state appropriators have set their revenue projections, a Senate committee tackles regulations on conversational AI services/chat bots, the House advances a bill looking to help vulnerable populations from scams and more.

Today from SDPB - a bill making clergy members mandatory reporters is killed, a conflict-of-interest bill dies in committee, House Judiciary backs an interpretive services bill and more.

Today from SDPB - an animal abuse bill, lawmakers tackle phones in the classroom, a veto on a bill effectively banning cell-cultured proteins and the latest Gubernatorial hopeful.

Today from SDPB - committees tackle state-tribal relations bills, general and special education funding, a closer look at the Rural Health Transformation Fund and more.

Today from SDPB - legislators back a property tax fund, appropriators advance a bill seeking to make 2023's sales tax cut permanent and a committee hears debates on asking voters to approve online sports gambling.

Today from SDPB - following Senate approval Gov. Larry Rhoden has a decision to make on what some lawmakers are dubbing "fake meat," lawmakers kill a debated abortion bill, a House committee approves giving healthcare providers the right to refuse to perform services based on their "conscience" and more.

Today from SDPB - a data center bill is killed in committee, lawmakers kill a bill incentivizing for-profit companies to consider charitable, social or environmental causes, an update on one of many EMS bills and more.

Today from SDPB - a "soft drink" ban on food stamp, a bill increasing penalties for disrupting church services meets some skepticism, tweaks to South Dakota's trust laws and even more.

Today from SDPB - multiple bills on elections, an EMS bill makes it out of committee, data center debates continue across the state and in the capitol and more.

Today from SDPB - A high profile trial in Rapid City, water usage in the Black Hills, and the response to the Alex Pretti shooting in Minnesota

Today from SDPB - one Republican's efforts to give voters the chance to opt out of Medicaid expansion again, a bill that would give people the opportunity to challenge voter eligibility based on U.S. citizenship and dollars for Rural Healthcare approved by the state Senate.

Today from SDPB - a utility fire mitigation bill that has some worried about the impact to fire victims, a look at a Constitutional question the state's grappling with, a bill killed on the House floor and more

Today from SDPB - an alleged drug smuggling behind state prison walls leads to 11 people charged, leaders of both Legislative Chambers combined to tackle data centers and a Democratic lawmaker puts a school lunch bill through committee with bipartisan support.

Today from SDPB - legislation drafted to help school lunches, the Department of Corrections reports to the Joint Appropriations Committee and a resolution that would ban eminent domain for economic development purposes.

Today from SDPB - debates over Rural Health Transformation Funds, governor-controlled dollars and legislative priorities are coming into shape in the state's capitol.

Today from SDPB - the latest on student-led, public trust and other bills legislators are taking on in the state's capitol building, as well as the results of the Rapid City TIF vote.

Today from SDPB - the latest news from Pierre, South Dakota, as the second week of the 101st Legislative Session begins and what Rep. Dusty Johnson is saying about failures with the United States Postal Service