Jon Hansen

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.

The Legislative Rules Review Committee unanimously rejects Game, Fish, and Parks’ recommendation to increase nonresident waterfowl hunting licenses.

The legislative Rules Review Committee has rejected a proposal removing student academic growth in the process of rating the performance of educators.

State lawmakers came up short on efforts to allow county-level petition signature gatherers the ability to correct provisions that could be unlawful.

A bill aiming to limit a company’s ability to use eminent domain to construct a carbon dioxide pipeline in the state fails.

The Partners in Education program, which offers scholarships for students to attend private schools, is receiving more support in the legislature.

Landowners opposed to eminent domain and carbon pipelines braved the weather ahead of the legislative session to gather at the state Capitol in Pierre.

A state representative and pipeline spokesperson debated carbon capture pipelines, sequestration and eminent domain in a public forum Tuesday.

With mounting tensions between farmers and CO2 pipeline companies across the state, some lawmakers believe it is time to change state law on eminent domain. And they don’t want to wait until session starts in January.

A bill to limit parole for violent offenders, known as the “truth in sentencing” bill, was given final legislative approval.