Linda Duba

The interim appropriations committee heard the latest on developments to child care grant opportunities at its latest meeting.

The number of South Dakota Medicaid expansion enrollees is down from what was originally anticipated.

State lawmakers are passing a $7.3 billion budget. It’s one of lawmakers' constitutional requirements and they're proud of several items contained in it.

A bill designed to establish a grant program for healthy forests in the state fails to pass the House floor.

As battles over the state budget heat up, we talk with Rep. Linda Duba about her wins and misses this session. Plus, we take a look at food insecurity in the state.

South Dakota voters will weigh in on Medicaid expansion, again, this fall.

A pair of bills aiming to add penalties for negligent gun owners were rejected by lawmakers in the House Judiciary Committee.

South Dakota Department of Social Services officials say the causes behind a 27 percent drop in Medicaid coverage for South Dakota children are two-fold.

Outgoing state Democratic lawmakers said the leaders who will run to take their seats are more than capable of carrying the torch.

Gov. Kristi Noem’s proposed fiscal year 2025 budget includes four percent cost of living adjustments for state employees, education and nursing home providers. Advocates for each of those industries—known as the Big Three—are applauding the starting point.