Rep. Lana Greenfield (R-2/Doland) says that one of the best results of the 2015 Legislative Session was Senate Bill 101, which requires health insurance companies to cover oral chemotherapy…
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Want more economic development, South Dakota? Stop scaring women away with your continual attack on reproductive rights, says Rep. Peggy Gibson: The biggest disappointment to me…
Rep. Shawn Bordeaux (D-26A/Mission) says his ride in the Legislative rodeo gave him a chance educate his fellow lawmakers about tribal issues: Joint Appropriations chairman…
In my series of conversations with legislators yesterday in Pierre, Democrats were more willing to share with me observations about what the Legislature failed to do this session…
University students were hoping the Legislature could make a tuition freeze a priority. Oh, silly kids: A joint legislative committee killed a bill Thursday that would’ve…
The state medical board adopted new conflict-of-interest rules Wednesday. Jonathan Ellis reports that members of the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners will be expected to recuse…
Ken Santema lists the sixteen bills before the South Dakota Senate today and the thirty-five bills before the House, the last day for bills to…
Republican Senator Dan Lederman tried to expand video lottery again, and this time, to their credit, his fellow Senators turned him down. Two weeks ago,…
The 2% increase in K-12 funding is up for a vote in House Appropriations this morning. Senate Bill 53 would increase the per-student allocation from…
Today is the last day for committees to deliver bills to the House and Senate in Pierre. Among the bills that must do or die…