Lee Schoenbeck

South Dakota state legislative leaders say they’re expecting to hold bill votes on either chamber floor by the end of the first legislative week. Formal legislative session starts on Jan. 9.

Gov. Kristi Noem and legislative leaders are asking the state Supreme Court for guidance on a constitutional provision related to contracts. Article III, section 12 of the state constitution prohibits any active member of the legislature from entering into agreements with the state.

The $200 million in housing infrastructure grants and loans likely won’t reach developers until September. That’s what state lawmakers on the executive board are hearing from the new head of South Dakota Housing Development Authority.

The head of South Dakota Housing Development Authority is stepping down from the position after holding it for more than two years. The move comes as the state agency is setting rules for a contentious $200 million dollar housing infrastructure program.

South Dakota legislators are debating dozens of bills aimed at changing election laws, but the effort reveals a deep chasm within the state’s Republican party.

The South Dakota law that established the State-Tribal Relations Committee has been changed to reduce the mandatory number of Democrats serving on it.

State lawmakers are advancing a bill that prohibits non-compete clauses for several healthcare practitioners.

As South Dakotans dig out from underneath a recent blizzard, lawmakers are digging into state the state budget.

The Senate Education Committee is killing a proposal to lower the compulsory age for school attendance. At a key junction in life, late high school, the bill would have had wide reaching implications.

Senate Bill 4 as written, allowed state court judges to refer juveniles to the Department of Corrections after three strikes. Under the amendment, the juvenile has only one strike.