"Common sense is not so common up here anymore, which results in poor bills getting out of committee and debated on the floor ...

Currently, unless two-thirds of its voters “opt out” of the state’s property tax limit, a local government can only ask for 3 ...

The South Dakota House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee voted 13-0 Thursday (Feb. 13, 2025) to kill House Bill 1187. The legislation would have allowed people to sell home-processed poultry ...

The South Dakota legislature is one of 16 state legislatures with term limits. Voters enacted the South Dakota Term Limits Act in 1992. That initiative said that South Dakota senators are subject to ...

Here’s a look at some of the events scheduled at the state Capitol for Tuesday, February 11, the 19th working day of the 2025 ...

All of Trump's high-profile nominees are required to file reports disclosing their assets and recent sources of income.

A bill to repeal requirements regarding water fluoridation in South Dakota has been heard in the South Dakota legislature.

A deal may have been reached at the South Dakota Capitol on changing state licensing fees for large producers of livestock.

A legislative committee in South Dakota has put forward a bill that would ban the manufacture, sale, and distribution of cultivated meat in the state.

South Dakota’s HB 1109 would mirror a new Florida law, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or distribution of cell-cultured meat. An amendment added to the bill sunsets the rule in 10 years. Arizona, ...

Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden will become the next governor of South Dakota.

Senate Bill 7 prevents cities from enacting laws which limit an individual from coordinating with a federal agency.