Kristi Noem

Gov. Kristi Noem says of the three large tax cuts being considered by state lawmakers, she's focused on one. The second-term Republican governor wants to remove the state sales tax on food.

House lawmakers have approved a proposal to expand the list of health care occupations exempted from noncompete agreements.

All three House bills that cut certain taxes are now in play. Legislative leaders and the governor say they want to cut some form of taxes at the state level. They all cut somewhere around $100 million dollars, but which tax cut remains to be seen.

Gov. Kristi Noem’s bill to establish a panel that reviews agricultural land purchases by foreign individuals and groups dropped on Tuesday. Senate Bill 185 reaffirms a 1979 law that prevents foreign governments from acquiring no more that 160 acres of agricultural land in South Dakota. It adds “foreign person, foreign entity” to the list.

The poetry society recommends. The Governor appoints. We talk about the process of finding a new poet laureate with Dana Yost, interim president of the society.

A House panel has advanced a proposal to cut the state sales tax on food, though the measure may faces challenges ahead in the legislature.

House Republicans are further scaling back county voting requirements for conditional use permits. The bill follows up reforms Governor Kristi Noem made in 2020 to reduce the threshold on certain projects.

Gov. Kristi Noem says her personal cell phone has been hacked following a federal data breach.

Gov. Kristi Noem says now is the time to cut the state sales tax on food.   Some lawmakers have filed a bill to do just that.

Gov. Kristi Noem is bringing legislation to recognize occupational licenses from other states “for nearly every profession,” her office announced Wednesday.