South Dakota Bureau of Finance and Management

The state has spent or obligated nearly all the roughly $1 billion dollars it received from a President Biden pandemic relief package.

The South Dakota Interim Rules Review Committee met to review proposed rules from various state departments – including changes to speed limits in some areas. Most of the department requests were small changes that were quickly voted through by the committee.

Gov. Kristi Noem has signed the Fiscal Year 2024 budget bill approved by lawmakers, though the fate of a separate bill reducing the sales tax remains unclear.

$13 million has been approved for the Sanford Underground Research Facility, or SURF, by the Joint Appropriations Committee. That proposed funding next goes to the House floor for consideration.

The House Commerce and Energy committee is killing a bill aimed at requiring the South Dakota Lottery to promote adverse effects of gambling.

A legislative committee voted unanimously to advance a bill that aims to combat a shortage of behavioral health specialists in the state by funding scholarships for individuals entering the field.

In The Moment ... January 25, 2019 Show 502 Hour 1What does Governor Kristi Noem's budget proposal have to do with you?In The Moment host Lori Walsh…