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.
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.
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.
South Dakota received nearly $14 billion in federal COVID-19 funding from March 2020 through January, according to an internal state fiscal report obtained exclusively by South Dakota News Watch.
The South Dakota House killed a bill Wednesday that would have set up a 17-member task force to examine the welfare of Native children and to look for solutions.
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.
For 25 years, companies and organizations have come together for the Black Hills Regional Job Fair to connect with job seekers in the Rapid City area. Jeff Wangen, a Farmers Insurance Agency owner, and job fair organizer recommends that job seekers come well-prepared with a proper resume, and a cover letter and dressed professionally.
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).
A bill that would allow the Governor to select the Lieutenant Governor, and put all other statewide offices on the primary ballot, cleared it’s first legislative hurdle on Monday.
Lawmakers on the House State Affairs committee voted to advance one bill limiting “kid friendly drag shows” on public campuses, and to table another that would limit them all together.
On this week’s Matters of the State, HB 1080 clears the Senate and Rep. Taylor Rehfeldt discusses her push to clarify the state's lone exception for abortions.
The House State Affairs committee easily blocked an effort to pass a Convention of States resolution, but the prime sponsor of the resolution says that he intends to smoke the bill out on the House floor early next week.
On this week’s Matters of the State, we break down the latest developments surrounding the censure and reinstatement of Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller to the South Dakota Senate.
South Dakota attorney general asks the Legislature for $3.5 million for a computerized criminal history system and more than $370,000 for digital radios.
The RST tribal council voted to give itself a “$10,000 lump salary increase for FY’23.” The money for the bonus comes from American Rescue Plan Act dollars.
One beacon of inspiration is Joyce Jefferson, a South Dakota storyteller and narrator but most importantly a figure in Rapid city who makes its her business to share stories and remind all of us the importance of knowing black history.
South Dakota state senators on the "Select Committee on Discipline and Expulsion" voted unanimously in favor of reinstating Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller (R-Rapid City) Tuesday night.
House lawmakers narrowly defeated a proposal that would have increased the amount that individuals can contribute to political candidates in South Dakota.
On this week’s Matters of the State, we take a closer look at the South Dakota Senate’s decision to suspend Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller, strip her voting rights, and open an investigation into her conduct.
12 South Dakota state lawmakers took a trip to Hawaii in December 2022. A controversy was born out of that trip because of the attendance of outgoing state lawmakers Reps. Spencer Gosch (R-Glenham) and Jamie Smith (D-Sioux Falls).
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