(PRESS RELEASE)- Today, with an 11-2 vote, the House Health and Human Services Committee advanced House Bill 1080, legislation that would prohibit doctors from providing life-saving gender-affirming care to transgender South Dakotans. The ACLU of South Dakota opposes HB 1080. Medical decisions should be made between patients (and their parents) and their doctors – not… Read more »
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HB1080 clears Health & Human Services Committee
PIERRE, S.D. (SDBA) — A South Dakota House committee Tuesday passes a bill restricting medical procedures that would change the gender of a minor. HB 1080 passed 11 to 2 on a party-line vote. Bill sponsor, Republican Rep. Fred Deutsch from Florence. He also said parents need to protect their children. The measure now goes… Read more »
February Business After Hours hosted by Dacotah Bank
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- The Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce’s February Business After Hours mixer, hosted and sponsored by Dacotah Bank, will be held on Thursday, February 9 from 5:15 to 7:00 pm at Dacotah Bank’s downtown branch, 308 South Main Street. Food, catered by Three 22 Kitchen + Cocktails, and cold drinks are included. Membership drawing… Read more »
Rising interest rates impact on housing
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- Rising interest rates are having a mixed impact on home sales. Dan Specht, broker with Vision Real Estate in Yankton, says home prices are staying strong. Specht says snow and cold is having a bigger influence than interest rates. The South Dakota legislature approved a two hundred-million-dollar housing infrastructure bill. Specht says that… Read more »
Chair of Joint Committee on Appropriations react to Board of Regents schools testimony last week
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 »
Discipline Committee dealing with Senator Julie Frye-Mueller met Monday
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 »
Comments from legislators outside Aberdeen that appeared at this past weekend’s Cracker Barrel
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 »
Senator Julie Frye-Mueller files a lawuit
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 »
More reactions from legislative leaders from their press conferences last week
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 »
SB68 clears House State Affairs Committee
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 »