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Senate Bill 49A sets aside $10 million in federal money, about $132 million in general fund money and another $93 million in state budget reserve money for a proposed new men's prison.

Among the items discussed were a bill that would provide workers' compensation to all South Dakota firefighters diagnosed with cancer, an private school education bill and the proposed men's prison.

Some legislators resist treasurer’s plan to spend more seeking rightful owners

Latest session to get underway Jan. 9 in Pierre

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) -- It's nothing serious yet, but signs of a soft economy are beginning to show up in sta...

"We have great schools [and] a great community. We just need more affordable places to live," said Avera's Hilary Rockwell. "Otherwise we're just taking other businesses’ [workforces]."

Want a peek at some of what might be debated at the South Dakota Capitol a few years from now? Look at what wasn't -- that's right, wasn't -- recommended last week by the Legislature's Study Committee on County Funding and Services.

A panel of state lawmakers has wrapped up work on ideas that could help ease financial strain on South Dakota counties.

PIERRE, S.D. – Gov. Kristi Noem’s funding source for a troop deployment to the U.S.-Mexico border is the state’s Emergency and Disaster Fund, a revelation that caused a top-ranking legislator to criticize the plan and question its legality. Noem announced the impending troop deployment Thursday in a news release, saying she plans to send at […]

A Searchlight review of budget documents, public testimony, legislation, and state laws pertaining to the fund revealed a common thread: references to the fund being intended for expenses within the state’s borders.