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Governor Dennis Daugaard has appointed David Anderson of Canton to the vacant seat in the House of Representatives from Distr...
The Medicaid Opportunities and Challenges Task Force will meet today and tomorrow in Rapid City.The task force was organized ...
Senator Mark Johnston of Sioux Falls has announced his resignation from the South Dakota legislature as he becomes Vice Presi...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard says the state will make one last attempt to save a number of buildings on the old Huma...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard is leading a trade delegation this week in China. State Ag Secretary Walt Bones is with...
Jarrod Johnson, the South Dakota Commissioner of School and Public Lands, has announced his resignation.In a letter to Govern...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard is appointing Lucas Lentsch of Pierre to replace Walt Bones as Secretary of Agriculture...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has vetoed SB 115, a measure which contains a self imposed fee to be paid by fertilizer manufacturer...
Eagle Creek Software Services is expanding into Vermillion, with plans to build a technology center that will employ over 200...
A partnership between the State of South Dakota, the city of Vermillion and the University of South Dakota has help land abou...
South Dakota legislators passed an omnibus business incentive plan in the last days of the 2013 session - The “Building...
An economic plan called “Building South Dakota” will be on Governor Dennis Daugaard’s desk soon.State lawma...
Governor Dennis Daugaard this week signed a series of three bills into law that provide producer protections from oil and gas...
South Dakota lawmakers hope to wrap up the main run of the 2013 legislature this week. One of the issues still out there is e...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard and several state ag officials attended last week’s Ag Expo in Tulare, California...
South Dakota lawmakers will still have to decide how much of a budget increase school districts will get next year. Governor ...
Several bills dealing with economic development will get committee hearings this week in the South Dakota Legislature.Represe...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard and ag officials head out to the World Ag Expo in California this week in an effort to ...
District 18 legislators held a public forum on Saturday in Yankton, and the expansion of Medicaid coverage was again a big to...
The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe has made a proposal that would allow them to build a casino on land they own near Oacoma near I 9...
Governor Dennis Daugaard moved his desk to the Capitol rotunda for the ceremonial signing of SB70, a measure that makes major...
It’s been mixed results so far for a package of bills sponsored by Governor Dennis Daugaard that would further open the...
Governor Dennis Daugaard signed the first completed bill of the 2013 legislative session. HB1066 would continue the half cent...
A bill has been filed in the South Dakota Legislature that would expand Medicaid coverage in the state to more eligible adult...
The first group of medical students has been selected to fan out into rural South Dakota under the FARM or frontier and rural...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has proposed a three percent increase in state aid to education next year. That was part of his budg...
A major judicial reform package sponsored by Governor Dennis Daugaard passed out of the Senate State Affairs Committee on Fri...
The Governor’s Plan to Improve Public Safety had a public hearing before the Senate State Affairs Committee. The compre...
Chris Nelson and Kristie Fiegen both took the oath of office to officially begin their terms as newly elected Public Utilitie...
The 2013 session of the South Dakota Legislature opened yesterday with the State of the State speech from Governor Dennis Dau...
The 2013 session of the South Dakota Legislature will deal, as always, with a number of education-related issues. Following a...
South Dakota lawmakers will have to figure out what to do about economic development in this years session.Voters in November...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has proposed a three point two percent increase in funding for the state’s universities in the...
The 2013 session of the South Dakota legislature opens next week in Pierre.Attorney General Marty Jackley says he will have s...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has proposed a three percent funding increase for state schools next year.Most districts are still r...
The Governor’s Primary Care Task Force has given its final report to Governor Dennis Daugaard.The group was set up to l...
Governor Dennis Daugaard will appoint Senator Jim Putnam of Armour to the state Lottery Commission, effective January eighth....
A three percent increase in state aid to schools was part of the budget proposal from Governor Dennis Daugaard. That would be...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard says he will work with legislators on deciding what to do with some unallocated dollars...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has included a three percent raise for state employees in the 2014 budget he delivered ...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard last week outlined his aims for the 2013 legislature with his budget proposal. He&rsquo...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard released his budget proposal to legislators this week. Sales and other taxes are up, so...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has proposed a balanced Fiscal Year 2014 budget that provides more money for education,...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard will deliver his budget address to the legislature Tuesday in Pierre.There are reports ...
South Dakota legislative democrats have decided that expanding Medicaid coverage will be one of their top legislative priorit...
While results of the November elections confirmed that health care reform will continue, health care providers have been plan...
While democrats may have limited numbers in the South Dakota legislature, they could use their success at the ballot box this...
It appears the election this month has settled the question of health care reform for the time being.Many pieces of the feder...
An open house was held Wednesday for a new 5,000 sow swine facility near Parker, South Dakota.The project is called Fox Run a...
Republican Public Utilities Commissioner Kristie Fiegen won re-election yesterday, defeating democratic challenger Matt McGov...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard will deliver his 2013 budget address to the legislature in about a month.He says uncert...
The annual Governors Hunt was held this weekend in and around the Pierre area. The event is used to showcase the state to a n...
Representatives of South Dakota towns and cities gathered in Pierre last week for updates from the South Dakota Municipal Lea...
The federal government is pushing states to expand the numbers of those eligible for Medicaid coverage.South Dakota Governor ...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has decided that the State of South Dakota will not set up its own health insurance exchange, opting...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard says voters will have a chance to help economic development in November with their vote...
Under the terms of the federal Affordable Care Act, states have to develop health insurance exchanges, where people who other...
A number of republican legislators have been targeted by so called “robo calls”, automated calls from anonymous s...
The Open Government Task Force met again this week in Pierre, still working toward more openness in government operations and...
The first meeting of the Open Government Task Force was held this week in Pierre. The group was formed by Governor Dennis Dau...
As drought continues to spread across the state, legislators are starting to think about possible effects down the road.Gover...
Governor Dennis Daugaard and Attorney General Marty Jackley have announced the formation of an “Open Government Task Fo...
Kevin Schieffer of Sioux Falls has been appointed to the state Transportation Commission by Governor Dennis Daugaard.Schieffe...
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety is taking public comments on proposed rules dealing with the sale of 85 octane g...
The experts tell us that much of South Dakota is either approaching or is in record dry times. In Yankton, there have now bee...
The NFAA Easton Yankton Archery Complex (NEYAC); NEYAC is hosting the 2012 United States Paralympic Archery Team July 23-26 M...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has activated the Drought Task Force to monitor worsening drought conditions across muc...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard is launching a criminal justice initiative, to look at increasing prisoner numbers and ...
The Yankton County Commission has voted to ask Governor Dennis Daugaard to declare the county as a drought disaster area.Comm...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard says the state ended the fiscal year with money in the bank. Combined tax growth, and l...
The Rules Review Committee of the South Dakota legislature heard about the use and spread of 85 octane gas across the state a...
Teachers and other supporters submitted just under 31,000 petition signatures to the Secretary of States office in a bid to r...
The South Dakota Education Association has turned in about 30,000 petition signatures to the secretary of state, gathered in ...
The South Dakota Education Association has turned in about 30,000 petition signatures to the secretary of state, gathered in ...
Students completing a summer courses in manufacturing and certified nursing assistance were recognized Friday at a ceremony a...
Wednesday Pioneer Hi-Bred hosted an open house and ribbon cutting for the expansion of its Volga, South Dakota research cente...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has directed the Department of Public Safety to implement an emergency rule allowing th...
Governors and state representatives met in Bismarck to continue discussions over operations of the Missouri River and reservo...
Dairy processors have many concerns about the Dairy Security Act included in the Senate Ag Committee’s 2012 Farm Bill.D...
The visit by a group of Chinese investors to the University of South Dakota is the latest in a recent flurry of state contact...
South Dakota’s prison population is spiking, and officials are working with a consultant on possible solutions.The numb...
South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner Kristie Fiegen announced Sunday evening as a Republican candidate for the PUC. Fie...
An education reform bill passed by this years South Dakota legislature is on its way to a possible vote of the people in Nove...
The newest member of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission says it has been an interesting, learning year. Kristi Fieg...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard spent much of the day Saturday at the Human Services Center in Yankton.He said he was n...
One of the keystone legislative bills for Governor Dennis Daugaard this year was his “WINS” or workforce initiati...
South Dakota Lieutenant Governor Matt Michels will move his duties to a part time basis. Michels had been working full time s...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard spent several days in China earlier this month, investigating potential trade opportuni...
One of the major legislative initiatives of South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard this year was his WINS program, or work inc...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard says the WINS program passed by the 2012 legislature is moving ahead, helping people fi...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard says the WINS program passed by the 2012 legislature is moving ahead, helping people fi...
Members of the 114th Fighter Wing of the South Dakota Air National Guard were activated in ceremonies Monday morning in Sioux...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard is leading a delegation of government and business officials on a trade trip to China. ...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard is leading a trade delegation from the state to China. The group left Thursday. In a br...
Another petition drive is underway in South Dakota, looking to put HB1234 on the November ballot. That bill was the centerpie...
Legislators could not muster the votes to override any of Governor Dennis Daugaard’s vetoes on the last day of the 2012...
A tax break bill for large wind industry projects, and the Big Stone power plant in north east South Dakota was vetoed by Gov...
South Dakota attorney Matt McGovern has announced he will be a candidate for the Public Utilities Commission.McGovern, a demo...
Next Friday, Governor Dennis Daugaard and a South Dakota delegation is headed to China on a trade mission.State Ag Secretary ...
The South Dakota legislature returns for its final day of the 2012 session. Most of the lawmaker’s attention will be fo...
South Dakota lawmakers return to Pierre on Monday for the final day of the 2012 legislative session. House Minority Leader Be...
While the bill itself has not yet been signed, a petition drive will look to force it to a public vote. HB1234 had been the c...
One of the major legislative initiatives of Governor Dennis Daugaard this session was a workforce improvement plan, called &l...
HB1234, the education reform plan introduced by Governor Dennis Daugaard passed the South Dakota House late yesterday by a th...
This week South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard signed legislation that changes the penalty for violating the state’s b...
After being heavily amended, HB1234, the Governors teacher incentive plan passed out of the Senate Education committee. The p...
After being heavily amended, HB1234, the Governors teacher incentive plan passed out of the Senate Education committee. The p...
In a widely expected move, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Chair Chris Nelson has announced he is running for re-ele...
The teacher incentive plan proposed by Governor Dennis Daugaard was amended before it was passed by the House last week, and ...
While Governor Dennis Daugaard is in California on a dairy recruitment trip, Lieutenant Governor Matt Michels sat in on the w...
The South Dakota House has approved the teacher incentive planned introduced by Governor Dennis Daugaard. The plan now would ...
The Governors education bill (HB1234) was amended, and passed by the House Education Committee last week. It now calls for be...
A group of republican legislators is proposing changes to the teacher bonus plan from Governor Dennis Daugaard. One change wo...
The state landed a major economic development with the announcement this week that Bel Brands would open a cheese processing ...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard is in Brookings today to unveil the details of a new dairy processing plant coming to t...
Democrats in the legislature have released their comprehensive plan for education. It’s in response to the teacher bonu...
Most legislators are taking a cautious approach to the teacher bonus plan. Governor Dennis Daugaard has introduced a bill tha...
The plan from Governor Dennis Daugaard to reward top teachers with cash bonuses has been introduced into the legislature. The...
Douglas County Memorial Hospital in Armour will be able to do some major upgrades with the help of a Community Development Bl...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has proposed a workforce improvement program to help businesses find the employees they...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has set the agenda for the 2012 legislature by proposing bonuses for math and science teachers, and ...
Much of the debate in this years South Dakota legislature will again focus on education. Governor Dennis Daugaard started the...
Tourism numbers grew last year, despite a number of obstacles. The report, by HIS Global Insight, shows the total impact of S...
Governor Dennis Daugaard wants to expand the state’s employment base. It was one of the goals outlined in his State of ...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has been holding public meetings around the state, explaining his plan to award cash bonuses to cert...
The plan by Governor Dennis Daugaard to pay bonuses to select teachers is getting a strong reaction. His proposal would pay t...
Governor Dennis Daugaard has started a fierce debate with his proposal for achievement based teacher bonuses. His plan would ...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has announced that the state will not look to set up a health insurance exchange this y...
Former South Dakota Governor Bill Janklow is being remembered as a colorful fighter for his state. Janklow died of brain canc...
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has proposed a new workforce initiative plan that he hopes would attract one thousand n...
Lawmakers are making the trip to Pierre to begin the 2012 session of the legislature. Representative Nick Moser of Yankton sa...
Public Utilities Commissioner Chris Nelson was elected Chair of the three member commission at their reorganization meeting t...
South Dakota state employees would get a five percent bonus under a plan proposed by Governor Dennis Daugaard. A salary incre...
