PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- Members of the Joint Appropriations Committee of the South Dakota legislature now have more money to work into their budgeting process. Governor Kristi Noem told lawmakers Tuesday that tax revenues were running eleven percent above earlier projections, and there could be over one hundred million dollars more in one-time money. Senate Appropriations Committee… Read more »

February 10, 2021 (Aberdeen, SD)(Press Release) – Join the Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce for the first Community Affairs Luncheon of the year on Thursday, March 4th at noon at the Best Western Ramkota Hotel & Convention Center. The luncheon will feature Aberdeen Mayor Travis Schaunaman as the speaker. Mayor Schaunaman will give a State… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The Aberdeen Convention & Visitor Bureau held a cutting ceremony Tuesday at their new location inside the Malchow Plaza. Director Casey Weismantel tells us how excited the Aberdeen CVB is to be at their new location Weismantel told us the role the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce & Aberdeen Ambassadors played in the move.… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The South Dakota Senate on Monday decided not to restrict the use of the death penalty. SB 98 would have limited the sentence to cases of first degree murder of a law enforcement officer, corrections employee or firefighter while in the line of duty. Bill sponsor, Senator Art Rusch (rush) of Vermillion says… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- On Tuesday, Governor Kristi Noem delivered an update on the upcoming budget for fiscal year 2022 to the joint session of the SD Legislatures. Governor Noem saids the state is in a stronger position now than when she delivered her budget address back in December. Governor Noem believe not shutting down the state… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.(WNAX)- South Dakota Senator John Thune is catching criticism from some members of his own republican party over comments about the words and actions of former President Trump before and after the January sixth riot at the US Capitol. Thune says some don’t want to hear the truth. Thune says he believes the republican… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Two South Dakota Republican lawmakers focused on regulating recreational marijuana say they will continue to push the Legislature to address the matter. A circuit court struck down a voter-passed measure to legalize it. A South Dakota judge has ruled that a constitutional amendment passed by voters to legalize marijuana would have… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(Aberdeen American News)- A Hughes County judge has ruled that a voter-approved amendment to the South Dakota Constitution ending marijuana prohibition in the state shouldn’t go forward. Circuit Court Judge Christina Klinger ruled Monday that Constitutional Amendment A violates the state Constitution on two grounds: It violates the single subject rule, meaning it encompassed more… Read more »