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PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- South Dakota legislators and Governor Kristi Noem are engaged in a back and forth contest over tax cuts. The Governor is pushing for the elimination of sales tax on groceries, while lawmakers have backed a cut in the overall sales tax rate. The House late Tuesday amended the three tenths of a percent… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem challenged state lawmakers to bring back her tax cut on groceries. That bill had been killed in committee last week. Noem, in a social media release, said the food tax cut is fair to all. Noem says the tax cut moving through the legislature is a poor choice.… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- South Dakota democrats, meeting in Oacoma last weekend, voted to elevate their party vice chair, Jennifer Slaight -Hansen to head the party for the next two years. Slaight-Hansen says it was a natural progression for her. Slaight-Hansen says she is doing this for her two kids, who are in college. Slaight-Hansen says retiring… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- Aberdeen Mayor Travis Schaunaman talks about what the city is keeping an eye on with the South Dakota legislature are doing this year. Mayor Schaunaman talks about the water projects. One of the bills dealing with the issue of regional jails(SB155) that now has cleared the Senate. If the bill doesn’t clear the… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The rising cost of food is hitting everyone, but for some organizations, inflation is a critical issue. Stacey Andernacht is with “Feeding South Dakota”. Andernacht says they depend on donations from large food companies. Andernacht says inflation is causing some of their larger partners to cut back on their purchases. Andernacht says they… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The Yankton City Commission held a work session before their meeting Monday night to talk about updates to their personnel policy handbook. City Manager Amy Leon said they have been rewriting and updating some of their policies. Leon says she is learning as they recruit younger workers that pay isn’t always the highest… Read more »
COLMAN, S.D.(WNAX)- Many rural electric cooperatives are waiting for better weather and supplies to arrive to start their spring and summer building projects. Ted Smith, vice president of Engineering and Operations for Sioux Valley Energy based in Colman, says they have about nineteen million dollars in construction planned for this year. Smith says the lead… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- South Dakota Board of Regents Executive Director and CEO Dr. Brian Maher will resign at the end of his current contract, which runs through June (2023). Nathan Lukkes (lucas) will succeed Maher. Board President Pam Roberts says Maher’s leadership over the past three years truly impacted higher education in South Dakota. She says… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – On Tuesday, Governor Kristi Noem asked legislators to support a permanent tax cut. Governor Noem thanked the people of South Dakota for turning challenges into opportunities – and she advocated for the tax cut that the people of South Dakota overwhelmingly want: the grocery sales tax cut. You can watch Governor… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has issued a Winter Weather Advistory now until 3pm Wednesday. Meterologist Renee Wise with the National Weather Service talks about the system that is coming. The Weather Service is describing the event as a Banded Snowfall. Wise explains what that means. The projected snowfall for now is… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (SDBA) – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder would be added to the list of ailments medical providers could prescribe medical marijuana. The House Health and Human Services Committee Tuesday passed SB 1 on an 8 to 5 vote after about an hour and a half of testimony and discussion. The bill also removes the… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(KJJQ)- A bill that was in response to a drag show at SDSU was killed in a Senate committee Tuesday morning. HB 1116 would ban the use of school district, state university, or state property from hosting “lewd or lascivious content.” The bill’s sponsor, Republican Representative Chris Karr of Sioux Falls, says the bill… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- A Pierre woman will be spending much of the rest of her life in prison for the brutal death of a Pierre man in a Pierre apartment just over a year ago. Sixth Circuit Judge Bobbi Rank sentenced 39 year-old Miranda Henry to 75 years in the State Women’s Prison with no suspended… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- At Tuesday’s Brown County Commission Meeting, Brown County Highway Superintendent Dirk Rogers reminds the citizens of Brown County that load limits goes into effect on Friday.
WASHINGTON, D.C.(WNAX)- Congressional republicans are looking for ways to cut the federal budget. South Dakota Senator John Thune says its even hard to agree what could be cut. Thune says some ideas from years ago may deserve another look. Thune says they could also look at billions of unspent pandemic dollars. The Congressional Budget Office… Read more »
