Category Archives: Local/State Headlines

The South Dakota Department of Public Safety has revoked all active burn permits effective immediately, ending the pileburn season more than two weeks early. Officials say ongoing wildfires, dry condi...

Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden on Thursday signed two bills he says will deliver "the largest property tax cut in South Dakota history," though past reductions may have been larger when adjusted for inf...

The South Dakota House on Thursday approved lowinterest loans to help expand the Sioux Falls and Rapid City airports, sending Senate Bill 76 to the governor. The bill passed 43-24 after lawmakers over...

Governor Larry Rhoden signed six election integrity bills into law Thursday. SB 30 amends the reasons for challenging an individual's eligibility to vote; SB 31 permits the use of a confirmation lette...

South Dakota's Supreme Court has ruled that transgender individuals cannot change the gender marker on their birth certificates to reflect their gender identity. The decision stems from a 2024 case in...

South Dakota lawmakers advanced a county option tax plan aimed at cutting owner-occupied property taxes. The House passed Senate Bill 96, 48 to 19. The bill would let counties adopt a gross receipts t...

The South Dakota House on Thursday rejected a student cellphone ban after debate on local control and youth mental health. Rep. Erik Muckey, a Democrat from Sioux Falls, said he was pulled in two dire...

South Dakota lawmakers are advancing a proposal that would require large data centers to pay the full cost of Public Utilities Commission contract reviews. House Bill 1038 shifts those expenses from r...

A bill to reimburse school meal costs for students on federally reducedprice plans was revived in the South Dakota Senate on Thursday after being previously tabled in Appropriations. Sen. Michael Rohl...

South Dakota's Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee will continue its work for at least another year after a Senate panel rejected a bill to repeal it. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee ...