© 2025 SDPB
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Vaccinations, taxes, homelessness and more | Today's Stories | Dec. 15

Ways To Subscribe

See the audio attached above to listen to the full news update/podcast.

Each day, SDPB brings you statewide news coverage. We then compile those stories into a daily podcast.

Subscribe on Apple and Spotify.

On today's update...

In an age of increased vaccine skepticism, doctors from the state Medical Association are expressing concern for future health outcomes.

Tax revenues and expenses drive local economies. Local tax bases must be regularly assessed, especially in growing cities like Rapid City. But recent data found some underwhelming tradeoffs for large-scale retail developments.

Homelessness is a complex issue in every community, but especially in places where the struggle is not as visible to the public. There’s no homeless shelter in Huron for individuals who are temporarily without a safe place to sleep. Accordingly, one group is trying to change that.

And more...

Jackson 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.