Statehouse

The prime sponsor of a bill to prohibit state funding go to the Huron Public School has withdrawn the legislative effort.

The bill sponsor says it would close the gap between admin and teachers, but opponents say it’s the wrong solution to the teacher pay question.

South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden speaks to the media during the 2025 Legislative Session

SDPB News Coverage of the weekly South Dakota Legislative Leadership Press Briefing.

Gov. Larry Rhoden is appointing Sioux Falls Republican Jack Kolbeck to fill an open House seat in District 13.

Backers say it will protect consumers from certain investment activities, but critics say those protections already exist and would put the stability of the state’s capital market at risk.

Twin bills seeking support for developments at Ellsworth Air Force Base near Rapid City have been moved into the appropriations committee.

Former state lawmakers Jean Hunhoff and Linda Duba bring their years on the appropriations committee to analyze what current legislators are up against.

Former state lawmakers Jean Hunhoff and Linda Duba bring their years on the appropriations committee to analyze what current legislators are up against.

A House education panel is recommending a budget committee not cut the state library budget. The idea was first proposed in December by former-Governor Kristi Noem, who is now Secretary of Homeland Security.