State revenue projections are in, and the sun is shining brighter than previously thought. Now with tens of millions of extra dollars in hand, leadership can plan for good news as session continues.

Lawmakers advance a bill requiring state government to pick up the bill on interpretive services during a contested administrative case.

The bill's advancement marks a bipartisan response after the Good Samaritan Society facility in Corsica announced plans to close last fall.

A committee kills a bill designating Clergy members, such as rabbis and priests, as mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect.

A bill supporters say sought to strengthen South Dakota’s conflict of interest and corruption laws dies in committee.

A bill allowing health care providers the right to refuse any medical service that goes against their conscience fails to make it off the House floor.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is advancing a bill that creates an enhanced penalty for animal abuse.

Another candidate is vying for South Dakota’s governor seat. Dan Ahlers is the Executive Director of the South Dakota Democratic Party. He officially threw his hat in the ring in front of a Sioux Falls crowd.

Cell phones in classrooms have been a debate since the smartphone became ubiquitous in the early 2010s. Now, a bill to unplug every student in South Dakota has some battery life.

A House committee OK's legal immunity for individuals overdosing on drugs if law enforcement or Emergency Medical Services are contacted by any person.