Month: February 2015

South Dakota lawmakers, on their four day Presidents Day break, are just past the halfway point of the 2015 session.  Representative Mike Stevens of Yankton […]

While majority republicans in Congress continue to look for ways to repeal the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, there are other bills working around the […]

South Dakota legislative democrats says they want to bring Medicaid expansion back for more debate. Governor Dennis Daugaard and majority republicans have been reluctant to […]

The South Dakota Budget and Policy Institute held a series of public meetings around the state last fall, talking about education, and how best to […]

The final deadline for those wishing to have health insurance coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace is this Sunday, February 15th. Mary Wakefield is the […]

The South Dakota State Fair has it’s Saturday night booked at the Grandstand. Marketing and Events Coordinator Candi Briley says a modern country act is […]

School districts across South Dakota are moving toward uniform teacher evaluations. Those will be based on a number of new requirements tied to the higher […]

South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds has been in office a little more than a month. He says Washington and Congress, so far is living up […]

South Dakota’s death penalty is alive one more year. A legislative committee defeated a measure Wednesday that would have removed execution as a possible punishment […]

On a 19-14 vote, the South Dakota Senate has approved Senate Bill 135. It will allow cities to implement a sales tax for a limited […]