Transportation Secretary Touts Rural Advantages Of Infrastructure Bill

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is taking a lead in making the case for President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package in rural…

New Regents Named

Former legislator Tim Rave of Baltic has been appointed to the Board of Regents by Governor Kristi Noem.

New Superintendent Hired for the Freeman Public School District

The Freeman Public School Board has voted to hire Jacob Tietje as their new Superintendent. He is currently the high school principal at the Fairmont Minnesota Area School.

Newly Combined South Dakota Ag And Environment Department Now Operating

The newly combined South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Environment and Natural Resources began operations this week.. Department Secretary Hunter…

Rural Affairs Group Pleased With Passage Of Telehealth Bill

Nebraska State legislators have passed LB 400, a measure to expand rural access to telehealth services. It’s one of the…

NCBA Encouraged EPA Leader Won’t Revert To 2015 WOTUS

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan told Congress this week he won’t go back to the Obama era definitions of…

SD Executive Board Forms Task Force Focused on Spending Billions

Members of the South Dakota Legislatures Executive Board took steps to begin dealing with billions of federal dollars coming to the state under the “American Rescue Plan.”

SD Legislators Hear About Billions of Dollars

The Executive Board of the South Dakota legislature got an update on the expected funding coming to the state from the “American Rescue Plan” passed earlier this year by Congress.

One Dead in I-90 Crash in Lawrence County

A 49-year-old woman died Thursday morning in a one-vehicle crash east of Whitewood.

Interim Appropriations Commitee to Hear About Next Round of Federal Funding

Under the latest federal stimulus plan, the State of South Dakota could get another billion dollars or so.