Chris Karr

Governor Kristi Noem wants to make a temporary overall sales tax cut permanent. Lawmakers passed the cut to fight inflation at the time. Backers said organic growth would cover the cost of the cut. But there are competing ideas to reduce the tax burden in the state.

Some state lawmakers are proposing legislation to bring property tax relief next legislative session. That comes as Gov. Kristi Noem is calling on the Republican controlled legislature to make a temporary sales tax cut permanent.

Gov. Kristi Noem wants to make temporary tax cuts permanent while fully funding a proposed men’s prison facility outside of Sioux Falls.

A controversial shooting range complex planned east of Rapid City is scheduled to be complete next fall. That is according to Game, Fish, and Parks Department officials at a recent legislative Appropriations Committee meeting.

The state legislature has picked its new majority leadership, following Tuesday’s election. The incoming state legislature will be led by a faction of the Republican party galvanized by the carbon pipeline debate.

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.