politics and public policy

Some call the move intentionally divisive. 

South Dakota’s U.S. Senators are split on a bipartisan infrastructure package.  

Congress is taking another look at how the pandemic affected the beef supply chain, as well as market manipulation by packers. 

The chair of the legislative redistricting commission expects the group to meet at the end of next month. 

A South Dakota congressman wants to repurpose COVID-19 relief funds for mental health resources.  

Former House Majority Leader David Lust, who died last week, is remembered by colleagues as an intelligent debater. 

Nearly twenty thousand South Dakotans have registered as Republicans since July of last year. In that same timeframe, the state has gained approximately four thousand registered Democratic voters. 

Some South Dakota legislators are engaged in efforts to review and restrict some of the classroom curriculum taught at state universities and K through 12 schools.   

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is one of more than a hundred speakers on the program at Freedom Fest. Rapid City hosts the annual event for the first time beginning Wednesday.