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January 31, 2023

Recap of Brown County Commission meeting held Tuesday

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The Brown County Commission held their weekly meeting on Tuesday. Brown County Commissioner Duane Sutton announced that Julie Johnson will no longer be a lobbyist for Brown County. Sutton talks about how Johnson will be compensated for her time as Brown County lobbyist. Spink County farmer Ed Fischbach also appeared before the commission… Read more »

January 31, 2023

ACLU & Transformation Project oppose HB1080

(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 »

January 31, 2023

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 »

January 31, 2023

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 »

January 31, 2023

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 »

January 30, 2023

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 »

January 30, 2023

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 »