Jackson Dircks
ReporterJackson Dircks is a Freeburg, Illinois, native. He received a degree from Augustana University in English and Journalism. He started at SDPB as an intern before transitioning to a politics, business and everything in-between reporter based in Sioux Falls.
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PodcastsToday from SDPB - a utility fire mitigation bill that has some worried about the impact to fire victims, a look at a Constitutional question the state's grappling with, a bill killed on the House floor and more -
One bill could set a higher bar to overcome for landowners who take electric utility companies to court for wildfire damages. -
PodcastsToday from SDPB - an alleged drug smuggling behind state prison walls leads to 11 people charged, leaders of both Legislative Chambers combined to tackle data centers and a Democratic lawmaker puts a school lunch bill through committee with bipartisan support.
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Senate and House leadership team up to introduce a new bill they’re calling the “Data Center Bill of Rights.” -
South Dakota’s new head of corrections told appropriators they’re setting new goals for the department. -
PodcastsToday from SDPB - legislation drafted to help school lunches, the Department of Corrections reports to the Joint Appropriations Committee and a resolution that would ban eminent domain for economic development purposes.
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Grassroots conservatives are asking voters if they want to ban eminent domain for economic development or increased tax revenue purposes. If one measure passed by the Legislature, voters could amend the Constitution to do just that during the general election in November. -
Democrats and Republicans alike are grappling with how to handle a fund that only the governor has the power to disperse taxpayer dollars from. -
PodcastsToday from SDPB - debates over Rural Health Transformation Funds, governor-controlled dollars and legislative priorities are coming into shape in the state's capitol.
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PodcastsToday from SDPB - the latest on student-led, public trust and other bills legislators are taking on in the state's capitol building, as well as the results of the Rapid City TIF vote.
