House Rejects Bill to Add Clergy to List of Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse, Neglect
The South Dakota House narrowly rejected a bill Monday designed to add clergy to the list of mandatory reporters for suspected child abuse or neglect. […]
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Committee Considers Legislation Cracking Down on “Skimmers”
Legislation that will toughen the laws against violators who are using skimmers at bank ATMs and other retail outlets to illegally obtain a customer’s financial […]
Bill Shortening Early Voting to 21 Days Passes State House Committee
The House State Affairs Committee passed a bill that would drastically shorten early voting in South Dakota. HB 1178 would cut early voting from 46 […]
Daugaard Signs 20 Bills into Law
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard signed 20 bills into law Thursday. One of those is an omnibus water spending bill that opens up funding for […]
SD Democratic Leaders Frustrated by Failure of Campaign Finance Limits Bill
Democratic leaders in the South Dakota Legislature addressed reporters Thursday as the fifth week of the busy legislative session called it a day early to […]
Executive Board of State Legislature May Review TIF Districts
The Executive Board of the South Dakota legislature is met today to review a number of issues ahead of the 2018 session. The committee discussed […]
No Changes Expected to SD Ag Land Property Tax Valuation in 2018
The 2018 session of the South Dakota Legislature probably will not have an opportunity to make changes to the states ag land property tax valuation […]
Lawmaker Says Few Complaints So Far on Lakes Bill
It has been a fairly quiet summer on South Dakota lakes that had been closed earlier in the year. Senator Jason Frerichs of Wilmot, says […]
House Majority Leader Sees Another Tight Budget Year Ahead in SD
While tax revenues for the State of South Dakota came in just above projections for the first month of the fiscal year, it doesn’t set […]