LEGISLATURE
The people's business, done behind closed doors
Perhaps the most important piece of legislation to come before the South Dakota Legislature received a hearing Monday. It was the first, and likely last, public discussion of SB 235,a plan empowering...
Posted on 3/4/13 at 4:12 PM
Areavoices Digest #67 - More than just Marilyn Hagerty
That title you see above is my cheap ploy to get you to click on my blog. I'm not beneath trickery. But the fact is: Marilyn Hagerty is hot. Stories about her and now her Areavoices blog are generatin...
Posted on 3/14/12 at 4:39 PM
SD gov signs bill allowing teachers to be armed
PIERRE (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed a bill Friday allowing the state's school districts to arm teachers and other personnel with guns.March 08, 2013
SD governor to set up study of Medicaid expansion
PIERRE (AP) — The South Dakota Legislature's budget-writing committee rejected a plan to expand the Medicaid program Friday after a state official said Gov. Dennis Daugaard is setting up a group to study whether the state should cover thousands of additional low-income people in the program.By Chet Brokaw , March 08, 2013
SD Legislature works on budget at end of session
PIERRE (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers are working to pass a state budget as the main run of this year's legislative session comes to an end.March 08, 2013
Senators give economic development plan standing ovation
By Bob Mercer , March 08, 2013
$7M pricetag, safety valve added to SD development plan
PIERRE (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers on Thursday advanced a comprehensive bipartisan economic development plan intended to help recruit projects to the state after they pledged $7 million to kick-start the fund.By Dirk Lammers , March 07, 2013
SD lawmakers approve $6 million extra for schools
PIERRE (AP) — The South Dakota Legislature has approved spending more than $6 million to provide a one-time boost in state aid to school districts and technical schools.March 07, 2013
OUR VIEW: Governor should sign bill to aid rural lawyers
By Editorial board , March 07, 2013
Economic development incentives advance in Capitol
By Bob Mercer , March 07, 2013
Tech-school money plan approved
By Bob Mercer , March 07, 2013
In a flash, some big measures win SD House, Senate OK
By Bob Mercer , March 07, 2013
Daugaard signs veterans bills in Capitol rotunda
The bills approve special license plates for veterans with disabilities, allow veterans to receive credit for certain military training and expertise, designate March 30 as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day and expedite licenses, registrations and permits for spouses of activity duty military.March 06, 2013
House approves bill expanding tech schools in Rapid City, Sioux Falls
PIERRE (AP) — The South Dakota Legislature has approved a bill that would allow more than $38 million in bonds to be sold to finance program expansions at two of the state's four technical institutes.March 06, 2013
SD eligibility change for prenatal care in trouble
Prenatal care is now provided to women earning up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level. The Senate had passed a bill that would have relaxed the eligibility in the Medicaid program to cover women up to 140 percent of the poverty level.March 06, 2013
More pine beetle funding gains support in Legislature
PIERRE — County governments should receive a total of $2 million in additional state financial assistance for fighting infestations of pine beetles, the state Senate decided Tuesday night.By Bob Mercer , March 06, 2013
Hookah legislation goes up in smoke
Lawmakers want courts to settle ban exemption for lounges in South Dakota.By Bob Mercer , March 06, 2013
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