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Gov. Larry Rhoden wants six years in the Governor’s Mansion.

Tax freezes for seniors and veterans, simplifying tax relief application processes, and limiting how much governments can spend were among the flurry of recommendations for delivering property tax relief to South Dakotans that came out of the state Legislature’s Comprehensive Property Tax Task Force. On Wednesday, the panel pared down more than two dozen proposals to a list of 19 that it will ask lawmakers to consider when they convene at the state Capitol in January.

Millions in unspent COVID-era housing funds could be used to subsidize airport expansions in South Dakota’s two largest metropolitan hubs.

Funds designated to help build “workforce housing” across South Dakota are finally being pumped into communities that have been waiting for more than a year.

Marty Jackley’s entry into the U.S. House race means the attorney general post in South Dakota will be up for grabs in 2026.

The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee killed a resolution Tuesday that would have created an interim legislative committee to study preservation efforts in the Black Hills.