Chris Karr

With Memorial Day on the horizon, the interim appropriations committee takes a look at the South Dakota Veterans Cemetery.

The bill includes an exchange of academic ideas, mutual investments in infrastructure, and encourages joint business ventures.

The House Commerce and Energy Committee passes a bill opening a trade agreement with the country of Ireland.

The South Dakota House kills a bill that would allow the use of prior actions of a defendant as evidence in sex crime trials.

The South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks Department is proposing a budget of just over $126 million for fiscal year 2025.

The House State affairs committee rejected a bill to prohibit lewd content on public university campuses.

The House of Representatives passes a bill to make last year’s state sales tax-cut permanent.

A coalition of groups opposing eminent domain met in Sioux Falls to launch a group named “South Dakotans First.”

The State Study Committee on Sustainable Models for Long Term Care met with multiple health organizations in the state to develop a list for legislative consideration.

South Dakota approves the largest sales tax cut in state history in a move that also kills a novel piece of legislation called the Partridge Amendment. The law was a product of its time that focused on boosting teacher pay.