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South Dakota lawmakers, on their four day Presidents Day break, are just past the halfway point of the 2015 session.  Representative Mike Stevens of Yankton says they will hit another deadline

While majority republicans in Congress continue to look for ways to repeal the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, there are other bills working around the edges.  South Dakota Senator John Thune

South Dakota legislative democrats says they want to bring Medicaid expansion back for more debate. Governor Dennis Daugaard and majority republicans have been reluctant to expand the insurance

The South Dakota Budget and Policy Institute held a series of public meetings around the state last fall, talking about education, and how best to fund it.  Institute Director Joy Smolnisky says

The final deadline for those wishing to have health insurance coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace is this Sunday, February 15th. Mary Wakefield is the nation’s highest ranking nurse

The South Dakota State Fair has it’s Saturday night booked at the Grandstand. Marketing and Events Coordinator Candi Briley says a modern country act is getting the

School districts across South Dakota are moving toward uniform teacher evaluations. Those will be based on a number of new requirements tied to the higher achievement levels students will have to

South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds has been in office a little more than a month. He says Washington and Congress, so far is living up to its reputation…… Mike Rounds 210a Rounds says the House

South Dakota’s death penalty is alive one more year. A legislative committee defeated a measure Wednesday that would have removed execution as a possible punishment for violent crime in South

On a 19-14 vote, the South Dakota Senate has approved Senate Bill 135. It will allow cities to implement a sales tax for a limited time for infrastructure needs. The sponsor is Senator Corey Brown