Linda Duba

A bill to allow state circuit judges to refer kids to the Department of Corrections for repeat nonviolent offenses has crossed its last legislative hurdle.

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

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

A professor at Black Hills State University is asking for $150,000 in state funding to create a Center for American Exceptionalism.

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.

The subject of same-sex marriage remains in the public conscious, even following the landmark Supreme Court case Obergefell V. Hodges. The subject returned to the spotlight in South Dakota this week with the hearing of HB 1092, which would revise the definition of marriage.

Rep. Linda Duba has a say on what the state funds and how it funds it. She joins to discuss the budgetary bills that she's watching this session.

How puppies become themselves. Author and dog cognition scientist Alexandra Horowitz is with us to talk about her new book. Governor Kristi Noem says a Sioux Falls ballot question is bad for business. The Public Utilities Commission race tackles questions of eminent domain. We'll discuss the future of conservation, politics, packing plants, and pipelines.

This week, we hear from more candidates hoping to represent districts across the state. Find the In the Moment podcast on Apple, Spotify, and Google Play

In The Moment … July 22, 2020 Show 864 Hour 1Democrat Linda Duba is running for re-election to the South Dakota House of Representatives. Her professional…