Legislative Session 2022

Some South Dakota leaders are backing a bid to buy the social media app TikTok.

It’s a silent day at a Rapid City shopping center, but it’s anything but normal. Well over 100 people donned in all black are protesting without saying a word.

Sen. Mike Rounds is reintroducing legislation he says aims to improve federal rural housing programs.

Here to continue the conversation about South Dakota's public lands and campground expansion is John Cooper. He spent more than 40 years in wildlife work at both the federal and state level--including service as Secretary of Game Fish and Parks under Governors Janklow and Rounds.

SDPB's Politics and Public Policy reporter, Lee Strubinger, joins us from Pierre, where he's following a long list of medical marijuana-related bills.

SDPB's Business and Economic Development reporter joins us for a look at the future of sports betting in the state.

The T.F. Riggs High School Chamber Choir performs in the rotunda of the capitol building in Pierre.

Debate summary of Senate Bill 139, “An Act to provide for the creation and funding of Oceti Šakowiŋ community- based schools."

State legislators who represent tribal communities bring legislation to Pierre to represent their constituents at the state level. South Dakota News Watch's Bart Pfankuch joins us for an examination of proposed legislation and what it tells us about priorities in Indian Country.

Governor Kristi Noem is issuing her first veto of the session.The bill raises the threshold for lottery deductions for debts. She says the bill goes too far.

The news is full of references this winter to the potential impeachment of South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg. Many reports call it an unprecedented situation – the first time the Legislature has formally considered impeaching a public official. As it turns out, this is at least the second time the South Dakota media has proclaimed a first-ever impeachment process.

Senate lawmakers are passing a bill that creates and funds community-based schools centered on Native American cultural curriculum.A similar proposal passed the chamber two years ago. Supporters hope this year is different.

A legislative committee has passed Governor Kristi Noem’s bill banning the teaching of Critical Race Theory in state universities and technical schools. Critical Race Theory is an academic concept that studies how racism is embedded in legal systems and policies.