House Bill 1245 would let municipalities ask voters for a temporary extra gross receipts tax of up to 1 percent for capital ...

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Lawmakers voted to table a bill that would have covered the cost of school meals for every student in the state who qualifies ...

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PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — A state lawmaker used his political and professional experience on Thursday to help win the South Dakota Senate’s approval of legislation that could give utilities some ...

Thirty-nine lawmakers voted against a bill Thursday, March 5, that would’ve kept K-12 students from using their cell phones ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Warnings of a statewide emergency medical services “crisis” pushed lawmakers to advance a bill Monday that would create a task force to examine how South Dakota can ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — What had gone around once before came around again Tuesday afternoon, as the South Dakota Senate argued whether to make permanent the 4.2% temporary sales and use tax rate. How ...

Twenty-four South Dakota senators voted Thursday afternoon to kill a third school choice finance bill proposed this session that would’ve established an education property tax credit program. In ...

South Dakota Senate majority leader Jim Melhalff has expressed his doubt that outgoing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem will run for senate.