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Jolene’s Task Force will continue its work on studying child sex abuse in South Dakota. Governor Dennis Daugaard says the task force will receive funding…

A bill making oral cancer treatments more affordable is on its way to becoming law. Currently, chemotherapy pills are typically covered under a health…

A bill brought before the Senate Judiciary Committee intending to make it possible to create a museum dedicated to Russell Means led to a lengthy…

Lawmakers support a resolution asking President Obama to grant a pardon to Peter L. Larson. Larson led the team that discovered an important Tyrannosaurus…

A bill addressing the South Dakota High School Activities Association’s transgender policy has been killed in committee. House Bill 1161 would void the…

The House of Representatives has passed a bill which creates a youth minimum wage. Senate Bill 177 sets the minimum wage for anyone under 18 at $7.50.…

Senators passed a bill authorizing the use of investigational treatments for patients under certain conditions. House Bill 1080 allows physicians to use…

Members of the House Education Committee support a bill that prohibits minor boundary changes for one year, and establishes the school district boundary…

Lawmakers passed an amended version of a bill allowing school districts to recruit teachers by providing certain financial incentives. Wade Pogany is the…

The effort to change the name of Shannon County to Oglala Lakota County faces one final hurdle in the state legislature. The Senate State Affairs…