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Gov. Rhoden, House Speaker Hansen team up on property tax relief package
Both Larry Rhoden and Jon Hansen look to sales tax revenue to offset escalating bills for homeowners
 • Jonathan Ellis
'We do not have the option to delay services'
South Dakota educators push lawmakers to boost funding for costly special-education cases as critics warn it'd raise taxes statewide
 • Todd Epp
Lawmakers take pass on $87 million in federal broadband funding, citing national debt
Fiscal hawks in the South Dakota Senate band together to reject high-speed Internet dollars
 • Jonathan Ellis
Staffing shortages, funding shortfalls, reluctant lawmakers linger for South Dakota EMS
Lincoln County Commission frustrated with lack of action to address ambulance service constraints as another community moves to limit service for rural…
 • Todd Epp
Sioux Falls’ crime rate continues trending down as population steadily grows
Public safety leaders say latest police data shows South Dakota's largest city still safe place to live
 • Hunter Dunteman
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'We do not have the option to delay services'
South Dakota educators push lawmakers to boost funding for costly special-education cases as critics warn it'd raise taxes statewide
 • Todd Epp
Gov. Rhoden, House Speaker Hansen team up on property tax relief package
Both Larry Rhoden and Jon Hansen look to sales tax revenue to offset escalating bills for homeowners
 • Jonathan Ellis
Lawmakers take pass on $87 million in federal broadband funding, citing national debt
Fiscal hawks in the South Dakota Senate band together to reject high-speed Internet dollars
 • Jonathan Ellis
Schools would be required to show prenatal video as lawmakers change abortion definition
Two measures deal with reproduction making their way to the governor following Senate votes
 • Jonathan Ellis
Inmate recidivism funding falls short amid push for new prisons
Five-year contract would have provided training to give prisoners leadership skills
 • Jonathan Ellis
Lawmakers move to address Minnehaha County's election results morass
Auditor Leah Anderson seeking changes in how and when absentee ballots can be processed, counted
 • Jonathan Ellis
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