Kristi Noem

A supermajority of state senators has rejected Gov. Kristi Noem’s bill to regulate foreign purchases of agricultural land

South Dakota is now one of more than a dozen states that are considering or have passed a law to prevent transgender kids from getting gender-affirming treatment. Gov. Kristi Noem has signed the bill into law, but it could land the state in court.

Governor Noem backed SB 154 and HB 1151 this legislative session. Each bill addresses paid family leave.

A bill to limit the usage of state aircraft was killed in the Senate Transportation Committee Wednesday morning.

The state’s budget wizards say the state will receive $190 million dollars more than what Governor Kristi Noem outlined in December. Now, appropriators will fit together the pieces of the state budget.

A Senate committee is unanimously passing a bill creates a board to review every agriculture purchase made by foreign persons. That’s despite nearly every major state agriculture organization testifying against the bill.

Gov. Kristi Noem has signed into law a bill preventing doctors from prescribing certain health care to transgender kids.

A South Dakota nonprofit that supports transgender youth is suing Gov. Kristi Noem over a recent contract termination.

Senate Republicans are advancing a bill that prohibits doctors from prescribing puberty blockers and cross sex hormones to transgender kids. Republican lawmakers are focused on prohibiting certain surgeries on adolescents.

Lawmakers are advancing a bill aiming to shed light on foreign ownership of South Dakota farmland.