Category Archives: Local/State Headlines

South Dakota lawmakers are recommending the Rhoden administration to seek a federal waiver blocking the use of SNAP benefits to buy soft drinks, despite Gov. Larry Rhoden's objections over state enfor...

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced the state Supreme Court has upheld a circuit court ruling to commit a juvenile to the Department of Corrections for making a terrorist threat at E...

The South Dakota Transportation Commission has approved 21 Bridge Improvement Grants totaling about $17.8 million to help preserve, rehabilitate, and replace local bridges statewide. Transportation Se...

Pierre lawmakers say they still hope to pass property tax relief this session, but options narrowed Thursday after a bipartisan tax plan failed in the House. House Democrats blamed Republicans for kil...

A bill banning entities from six foreignadversary nations from owning electrical infrastructure in South Dakota advanced Thursday after winning unanimous approval in the Senate Commerce and Energy Com...

The South Dakota House on Thursday narrowly rejected a proposal to give voters more time to force an election on school opt-out propertytax increases. SB 223 would have extended the referral petition ...

Rep. Dusty Johnson (RS.D.) and Sen. Markwayne Mullin (ROkla.) have introduced two bills aimed at expanding firearm access for tribal citizens and easing federal restrictions on tribal law enforcement....

Governor Larry Rhoden on Thursday signed HB 1043, a measure aimed at strengthening rural health care recruitment across South Dakota. The bill provides funding to reimburse health care professionals w...

Governor Larry Rhoden has appointed Kevin Nyberg and Charles "Chuck" Spring to the South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Commission. Rhoden said both men are "servant leaders and avid outdoorsmen" who w...

Investigators say the November fire at Reptile Gardens that killed nearly 100 alligators and several tortoises was electrical in origin, though the exact cause could not be determined due to the build...