SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – South Dakota Senator and Minority Whip John Thune has chosen the candidate he’s supporting in the Republican primary. FOX News reported that Thune spoke with former President Trump over the phone after his decisive victory in the South Carolina primary and gave him his endorsement. Trump’s last remaining challenger… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- Republican leadership in the South Dakota House of Representatives says they have addressed an incident that happened on the House floor two weeks ago.  Democratic Representative Kayden Whitman of Sioux Falls brought a bill that would have created a specific penalty for intentionally removing a condom without telling an intimate partner.  The act… Read more »

MITCHELL, S.D.(KMIT)- There are only eight days left in this year’s legislative session in South Dakota.  This is typically the time when the budget bill starts to come together.  District 20 Representative Lance Koth of Mitchell, who is on the Appropriations Committee which puts the budget together, says the committee went through more than two… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (SDBA) — Another citizen’s vote on Medicaid eligibility is a step closer after passage by a House committee Monday. The House State Affairs Committee passed SJR501 11 to 2 to put a constitutional amendment on the 2024 ballot that would allow the state the option to implement a work requirement for “able-bodied” Medicaid… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- Home prices and interest rates have both moved sharply higher. Bender Commercial Real Estate President Reggie Kuiper (KIGH-per) says that’s pushing the home ownership part of the American dream out of reach for Generation Z. The average home price across the country is now 400-thousand dollars. Student  Loan debt is also at… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.(KWAT)–There were no injuries Sunday afternoon when a single-engine plane crashed at Watertown Regional Airport. There were two people on board. They were an aviation student from Lake Area Technical College (LATC), and a flight instructor from LATC. The school’s president, Tiffany Sanderson, says the student was practicing touch and go landings when the… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The third and final cracker barrel session was held Saturday at the Kessler’s Champions Room inside the Barnett Center on the campus of NSU.  The main focus of questioning from the audience dealt with pipeline related topics. Representative J.D. Wangsness of Miller address his decision not to calendar HB1219 which dealt with no… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- At the third and final Leglislative Coffee(Cracker Barrel), Senator Bryan Breitling of Miller provided an update on some of the appropriation bills that was making it way through various appropriation committees. Breitling discuss the water projects that are still very much in play. Breitling provide update on the funding for both the mens… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(Aberdeen Insider)- A request for more money to build a new dam at Richmond Lake has cleared a big hurdle. Senate Bill 70 was approved by the Joint Appropriations Committee 18-0 on Friday, Feb. 23. It still has to pass the full House and Senate before getting to the the desk of Gov. Kristi Noem. Noem, however,… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (SDBA) — What to do about Lake Hiddenwood State Recreation Area north of Selby in north central South Dakota? That was one of the topics the Joint Appropriations Committee dealt with Friday. However, the committee decided not to provide any additional funding for the state recreation area despite a contingent of supporters coming to… Read more »