WASHINGTON, D.C.(WNAX)- South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson was named to the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist... Read More
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House Majority Leader defend decision to cut state’s sale tax rate
PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The South Dakota House passed a tax cut bill this week that drops the state’s sales tax rate from four-point five percent to four-point two percent. House... Read More
Joint Committee on Appropriations working on the next budget
PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The Joint Committee on Appropriations has set the revenue targets they will be working with as they attempt to write a state budget for next year. Committee... Read More
South Dakota House pass HB1200 dealing with constitutional amendment petition drives
PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The South Dakota House passed a bill this week that would require backers of constitutional amendment petition drives to get signatures from each legislative... Read More
Joint Committee on Appropriations announce projections for state revenues
PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The Joint Committee on Appropriations of the South Dakota legislature agreed on projections of a five percent increase in state revenues through next year.... Read More
March 31st the deadline to apply for “Build Dakota” scholarship
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The deadline to apply for “Build Dakota” scholarships for the fall term is coming up soon. Program Manager Deni (danny) Martin says it’s a great... Read More
Leadership offering different opinions on the tax cut bills
PIERRE, S.D. (SDBA) – Democratic legislative leaders say Republican Gov. Kristi Noem is to blame for failing to pass her campaign promise to take the sales tax off food. They... Read More
HB1167 passes the South Dakota House
PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- A bill that would annually adjust the Medicaid rate for community based providers to one hundred percent was debated in the South Dakota House Wednesday.... Read More
SB201 defeated at the South Dakota Senate
PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- South Dakota state Senators debated a bill that would provide treatment for people arrested on a charge of ingestion of drugs. South Dakota is one of a few... Read More
HB1137 passes the South Dakota House
PIERRE, S.D. (SDBA) — The South Dakota House Wednesday overwhelmingly passes the largest tax cut in the state’s history. HB 1137 reduces the state sales and use tax... Read More