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$200 million in housing infrastructure funding likely to lie dormant for a second year

Lawmakers blame governor’s team for complicating program By: John Hult - South Dakota Searchlight A $200 million pool of housing infrastructure funding will likely go unspent...

Speaker vote makes history and reveals extent of Republican rift

by Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight When Jon Hansen was passed over for speaker of the state House of Representatives this week, he made history...

Group resubmits proposed ballot measure to repeal grocery tax, clarifies wording

by Makenzie Huber, SD Searchlight             After weeks of controversy surrounding the wording of a proposed ballot measure to repeal the state sales tax on food,...

Leadership teams lean moderate in South Dakota House, Senate

A report from SD Searchlight             The South Dakota House of Representatives elected its leadership team for the 2023 legislative session over the weekend, a...

From the Desk of Rep Pischke, Week 2

Rep. Tom Pischke, District 25 With the 2nd week of the 2022 Legislative Session now completed, we are starting to see a good number of bills...

Noem budget offers spending on variety of projects

By Dana Hess, For the S.D. Newspaper Association PIERRE — South Dakota’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has put it on a sounder financial footing...

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