The “2023 Growth Summit” brought together regional experts, city and state officials and industry leaders to discuss creative ideas and practical solutions. Despite inflation, there may be a few options to attack the issue of a housing gap.
Gov. Kristi Noem’s administration reached out to economic development groups and major employers across South Dakota last month, asking them to help extend a run of national TV commercials touting her “Freedom Works Here” workforce recruitment campaign.
On June 17, 2022, Micheliegh Iron Cloud was walking down the side of Highway 63 in Parmalee while carrying a one-year-old boy when they were struck by a vehicle.
Governor Kristi Noem has partnered with the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs to proclaim Friday, September 15, 2023 as “POW/MIA Recognition Day.”
The South Dakota chapter of Americans for Prosperity hosted a sit-down discussion with guest speakers at the Hampton Inn in Sioux Falls on Thursday. Among the guest speakers were Senator John Thune and Lincoln County Sheriff Steve Swenson and the central topic of their discussion was immigration and the southern border.
State officials urge the public to take simple steps to protect themselves and their families against WNV which can cause fever, headaches, rash, swollen lymph nodes and muscle and joint aches.
After months of pushing for the reformation of South Dakota’s eminent domain laws, landowners in opposition to carbon sequestration pipeline projects took their fight to the state capitol, calling on Governor Kristi Noem to stand with them.
The homeless population is growing in Sioux Falls and the surrounding area. Non-profit organizations in Sioux Falls continue to work together to try to end the cycle of homelessness and care for the community. Lately, they’ve seen a growing need for hygiene products and meals.
In less than a year since the first chapter was formed in the state, "Moms for Liberty" groups in South Dakota have already begun influencing local school board politics.
On this week’s Matters of the State, we take a closer look at the push to improve workforce development in South Dakota, plus questions about a state lawmaker representing his district.
A South Dakota state senator’s residency status is garnering controversy after he bought a home outside of his district and claimed it as his primary residence on tax forms.
Noem's Executive Order requires the head of the Bureau of Human Resources (BHR) to review current and future job openings in state government, and more closely determine whether or not a college degree should be required for that job.
On this week’s Matters of the State, we take a look at the approval of the proposed social studies standards and sit down with State Rep. Kameron Nelson.
Pennington County State's Attorney Mark Vargo is taking a job in Thailand, and resigning his post in the office next month. Vargo served briefly as the South Dakota Attorney General last year.
Judge Margo D. Northrup has rejected a plea agreement that the prosecution and defense had come to agreement on in the Joel Koskan case. Koskan, who is charged with child abuse, would have avoided prison time and having to register as a sex offender under the plea agreement.
On this week’s Matters of the State, we take a closer look at how the largest tax cut in South Dakota history got one step closer to crossing the finish line.
In a video posted to social media Tuesday, Noem threatened to veto a temporary tax cut, just a day after the Senate amended a sales tax cut to be temporary.
South Dakota Senators on the Senate Education committee killed a bill that was intended to prevent "kid friendly" drag shows from happening on public campuses in the state.
A group of South Dakota state lawmakers announced Thursday that they have filed a criminal complaint against the senators who voted to remove Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller (R-Rapid City) last month.
On this week’s Matters of the State, we take a closer look at bills aimed at protecting landowners and the latest on the investigation into death threats against state lawmakers.
HB 1133, would have redefined carbon so that it was not a “common carrier,” making the two carbon pipelines building in the state unable to use eminent domain.
By a vote of 18 to 16, the South Dakota State Senate narrowly passed a bill that would drastically change the way statewide elected officials are elected.
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety is investigating a death threat made against Representative Jon Hansen (R-Dell Rapids) and Fred Deutsch (R-Florence).
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