South Dakota Focus

Tom Dempster joined the Political Junkies segment of In the Moment recently to talk about Veto Day and the selection of legislative summer studies from a former lawmaker's perspective.

For South Dakota Democrats, this legislative session was a mixed bag. They shared a few bipartisan victories but suffered some high-profile losses.

Some of the state's existing sales tax exemptions has raised the question of menstrual equity in taxation.

Governor Noem's pledge to repeal the state sales tax on groceries is the latest in a long history of attempts to end the food tax

While cutting the food tax is a broadly popular idea, some lobbyists and lawmakers prefer cutting property taxes instead.

Sara Klowann of Viborg started paying attention to the sales tax when Governor Kristi Noem highlighted the issue during her reelection campaign.

Now that Medicaid expansion is enshrined in the state constitution, proponents have high hopes for what the program can do to help South Dakotans.

South Dakota is joining 38 other states that have expanded Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, but comparing the programs is complex.

South Dakota expanded Medicaid program doesn’t take effect until July first. It’s a relatively short timeline to implement the program, and the process has already begun.

What if your church was small enough to meet at the kitchen table? For a couple in Tea, that question inspired a whole new kind of Sunday service.