Two bills proposing South Dakota start new school choice finance options were both killed in the House Education Committee on Wednesday.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Members of the South Dakota Retailers Association elected Wall Drug Vice President Sarah Hustead as the organization’s new president last week. “She was moving along in the hierarchy, but it’s a huge honor,” Rick Hustead, Sarah’s father, said. “They haven’t had a woman in that role in 38 years.”

A bill that would make it mandatory for the Ten Commandments to be displayed in publicly funded elementary, middle and high schools passed out of the state Senate in a razor-thin vote on Tuesday. South Dakota Senators advanced SB 51 on an 18-17 vote.

A bill that would create education savings accounts in South Dakota failed to pass out of a state House of Representatives committee on Wednesday.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Senate bills 73 and 75, introduced by Senator Amber Hulse from District 30, deal with issues surrounding non-residents voting in South Dakota elections.

Governor Rhoden has been sworn in as one of the state’s few West River governors in history. Senate Majority Whip Randy Deibert expressed optimism on having a leader from the area, saying leadership from West River has decreased from the past.

Eighteen South Dakota senators voted to pass a bill Tuesday afternoon that would require the display and curricular inclusion of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom. Senate President Pro Tempore Chris Karr,

Only in Your State South Dakota recently pinpointed the most perfectly-sized town in the entire state. It's not too big and not too small. And it's pretty darn close to one of the state's biggest cities.

Rhoden emphasized that his leadership will focus on keeping South Dakota "strong, safe, and free." While not presenting a separate budget, he acknowledged concerns regarding certain aspects of the proposed budget and expressed intent to address those issues collaboratively.

The committee deferred a vote on a school choice bill for one week so it can get a definitive answer on how much the proposal would cost the state.

Viborg-Hurley, last week’s No. 3 squad, knocked off then-No. 1 Castlewood by a 49-44 final at the Hanson Classic in Mitchell on Jan. 25, as the Cougars took the top spot in the South Dakota Prep Media poll from the Warriors.

The company started the first phrase of its operation in the city in January at the David Lust Accelerator Building on the Elevate Rapid City campus.