SD Legislative Pay Raise Bill Moves to the Senate Floor

A bill that would increase pay for state legislators survived a committee vote and will next be heard on the Senate floor.

Legislative Bid to Change Highway 50 Plans Fail

The Senate Transportation Committee listened to more debate about proposed changes to Highway 50 in Bon Homme County. The state Department of Transportation has started the public input process to change some four lane segments to three lanes, and modify some intersections.

25% of Minnesota’s Energy Comes From Renewable Sources

25% of Minnesota’s Energy Comes From Renewable Sources

South Dakota Legislators to Debate Pay Raise

Legislators may get a chance this week to vote on a pay raise proposal.

South Dakota Legislators Start Final Week Budget Debate

The main focus of the final full week of the South Dakota legislature will be coming up with a budget bill.

SD House Committee Changes Penalties on Drug Distribution

Several bills changing drug possession and distribution laws passed out of the South Dakota House Judiciary Committee last week.

Northern Plains Hit by Another Winter Storm

Blizzard conditions are expected to develop over a wide area of the northern plains in the Missouri River valley from North Dakota to northern Nebraska.

Iowa House Working Out Own Version of Tax Cuts

Iowa House Speaker Linda Upmeyer says a reduction in Iowa’s CORPORATE tax rate may be tacked onto the tax bill that cleared its first hurdle in the House

Nebraska Birdwatchers Waiting on Terns & Plovers

Conservationists who track Interior Least Terns and Piping Plovers in Nebraska are playing a waiting game.

Jacks Face Bison In Semis

No. 1 seed South Dakota State continues is 2018 Summit League Championships run with a semifinal showdown against No. 5 seed North Dakota State Monday.