Budget

Governor Dennis Daugaard is proposing a total budget of $4.6-billion for fiscal year 2018. The state is seeing lower than expected growth in sales taxes…

Governor Dennis Daugaard says South Dakota has to revise this year’s budget. That’s because he says the state is not bringing in as much money as…

Mayor of Sioux Falls Mike Huether wants to decrease the Sioux Falls city budget for 2017. He presented his recommendation to city council members.Mayor…

The Statehouse Podcast for March 11th, 2016 includes coverage of South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard signing education reform bills into law and the…

Executive Director of the South Dakota Budget and Policy Institute Joy Smolnisky joins Dakota Midday host Lori Walsh to discuss the state budget. This…

This is the last week of the 2016 legislative session. The final days look a little different this year, thanks to a new appropriations process. Once the…

Congress is increasing spending on defense and other items this year. US Senator Mike Rounds says increased military spending is needed to make up for…

Governor Dennis Daugaard is proposing a total state budget of about $4.8-billion for fiscal year 2017. You can listen to the entire address archived…

Members of the United States Congress have less than one month to come to an agreement on raising the debt ceiling. US Representatives are organizing to…

One of South Dakota’s US Senators says Congress is more dysfunctional than he realized. Mike Rounds started his term in January; he spent part of his time…