PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The Joint Committee on Appropriations of the South Dakota legislature will continue working through budget requests of state departments and agencies. Committee Chair, Senator Jean Hunhoff of Yankton says they may ask some of the bigger agencies to come back. Hunhoff says they heard from the Board of Regents last week and their… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (SDBA) — The South Dakota Senate Select Committee on Discipline and Expulsion had its first meeting Monday night, taking an oath and setting up procedures. The meeting lasted just over seven minutes. The committee will hear testimony about a complaint filed against Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller by a Legislative Research Council staffer last week.… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- This past Saturday was the first of the four scheduled Cracker Barrels that takes place at NSU.  Legislators from Districts 1, 3, & 23 appeared.  Our focus is about some issues that was addressed following the Cracker Barrel with legislators from Districts 1 & 23. District 23 Senator Bryan Breitling talks about his… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (SDBA) — Suspended Republican state Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller of Rapid has filed a lawsuit Monday in Federal District Court in Pierre. Republican Sen. Tom Pischke from Dell Rapids announced that Frye-Mueller filed the lawsuit during an attempt to have the Senate reinstate her and pause the investigation. The suit names Sen. Lee Schoenbeck,… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- Legislative leaders marked the progress of the 2023 South Dakota session last week. Senate Majority Leader Casey Crabtree of Madison says passing the two hundred million dollars housing bill was a major achievement. Crabtree said they also passed a bill that will save businesses eighteen million dollars in the next year. Due to… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (SDBA) — A bill requiring non-returning South Dakota legislators to get permission from the legislature’s executive board to attend out-of-state conferences passes a House committee Monday. Senate Bill 68 previously passed the Senate unanimously. The House State Affairs Committee passed the measure on an 11 to 2 vote. The bill stems from a… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- Governor Kristi Noem and Attorney General Marty Jackley wrote to South Dakota pharmacists to remind them of state law regarding the illegality of abortions except those necessary to save the life of the mother. Jackley says its in response to recent rulings from the US Food and Drug Administration. Jackley says he expects… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(SDBA) — A South Dakota House committee approves a proposed constitutional amendment allowing the state to implement an “able-bodied” requirement for Medicaid recipients Monday. The 2022 state constitutional amendment that expands Medicaid coverage for indigent South Dakotans hasn’t been implemented yet. The S.D. Department of Health is currently writing the rules and hiring staff… Read more »

FORT PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- A Fort Pierre resident came close to losing $30-thousand dollars after their computer locked up last week. A source close to the situation told DRG Media Group News the person called the phone number that appeared on the computer screen, thinking it was technical support for Microsoft. The individual was kept on… Read more »