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Taxes, incarceration and workforce topics will occupy most lawmakers time in Pierre.

After passing with 56% of the vote, offering Medicaid benefits to an expanded population is now a part of the state constitution. Here's what state officials have to do to meet the July 1 deadline.

In her recently-proposed budget, more than $400 million was set aside by Gov. Kristi Noem to upgrade aging prison infrastructure. Here's how it will — and won't — be spent.

After passing with 56% of the vote, offering Medicaid benefits to an expanded population is now a part of the state constitution. Here's what state officials have to do to meet the July 1 deadline.

After passing with 56% of the vote, offering Medicaid benefits to an expanded population is now a part of the state constitution. Here's what state officials have to do to meet the July 1 deadline.

After passing with 56% of the vote, offering Medicaid benefits to an expanded population is now a part of the state constitution. Here's what state officials have to do to meet the July 1 deadline.

In her recently-proposed budget, more than $400 million was set aside by Gov. Kristi Noem to upgrade aging prison infrastructure. Here's how it will — and won't — be spent.

With Senate leadership determined for both Republicans and Democrats, we're down to the State House of Representatives to make their picks for who will be serving in Leadership roles in that body for the next two year cycle. I'm hearing that on the Democrat side, the latest is that House Minority Leader is up for…

The five summer studies this interim session gave legislators an opportunity to dive deeper into state issues and prepare resolutions and bills for the coming session.

Though voters simultaneously approved initiatives aimed at legalizing both recreational and medical use of marijuana, Amendment A got quickly tied up in court.