Category Archives: Local/State Headlines

A proposal to add a half-penny to sales tax for homeowner property tax relief has been sent to the 41st day. Senate Joint Resolution 507 would ask voters to set the state sales tax at 5 percent and pu...

Senate Bill 96 was passed on Monday. The bill, introduced at the request of Gov. Larry Rhoden, passed 20-to-14 and would let county commissions choose to add up to one-half percent (a half-cent on the...

Governor Larry Rhoden signed six bills into law on Monday: SB 54 revises the conditions for in-service distributions from the South Dakota deferred compensation plan; SB 91 clarifies the procedure for...

Trevon Spotted Eagle, 31, pleaded guilty Monday in Pennington County to two counts of aggravated assault for a 2024 shooting on East North Street in Rapid City. Police say he shot a man in the head wi...

According to the latest National Children's Health Survey nearly half of South Dakota children under age 5 are not ready for school, with only 58.4% of parents reporting their 3 to 5yearolds are prepa...

Testimony in the Surfwood murder trial wrapped up Monday closing the state's case against three defendants accused in a gangrelated double homicide in a Rapid City apartment. Joseph Standing Bear, 29,...

A proposal to bar certain top state employees from donating to the campaigns of the candidates who oversee them failed in the House on Monday, as lawmakers rejected HB 1278 by a 47-20 vote. Rep. Will ...

South Dakota House members narrowly rejected a bill Monday that would have allowed businesses to opt out of paying into the state's Future Fund, voting 36-31 against the proposal. HB 1230, sponsored b...

A bill to reimburse South Dakota K12 schools for reducedprice meals advanced Monday after the House Appropriations Committee approved HB 1082 on a 7-2 vote. The measure, estimated to cost $630,000 ann...

South Dakota voters will not see a proposal this fall to cap annual assessedvalue increases on owneroccupied homes at 2%, after the Senate State Affairs Committee voted it down Monday. The panel rejec...