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The Legislature’s committee on redistricting agreed on plans Tuesday intended to preserve or increase opportunities for American Indian people to be elected as state senators and representatives. The recommendations would reshape three...

Real Democrats don't whine. They fight. They figure out how to win in South Dakota. They elect people such as Tom Daschle and Tim Johnson and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin to Congress, and Dick Butler and Curt Johnson and Bryce Healy and Steve Kolbeck and...

 Jason Frerichs rose to the aid of the governor Thursday, but not many others did, so South Dakota’s law requiring school districts to have at least 101 students will stay in effect.  Frerichs, D-Wilmot, Senate Democratic leader, asked that the...

PIERRE - The Legislature will consider whether South Dakota should join other states in agreeing to choose future U.S. presidents by national popular vote. State Sen. Bob Gray, R-Pierre, is prime sponsor of the South Dakota legislation. The measure,...

PIERRE - Many South Dakota motorists could pay more to register their vehicles in the years ahead under a change approved Thursday by the state Senate. Currently noncommercial vehicles at least five years old get a 30 percent discount on annual...

PIERRE - State senators made clear Wednesday that at least most of them don't want to cut as deeply as Gov. Dennis Daugaard has recommended for general education aid to public schools. The Senate sent three school-funding measures to the House of...

PIERRE – State senators made clear Wednesday that at least most of them don’t want to cut as deeply as Gov. Dennis Daugaard has recommended for general education aid to public schools.   The Senate sent three school-funding measures to the...

The Legislature’s appropriations committee defeated several measures to take extra money from the state’s trust funds and a reserve fund today.  The House Appropriations Committee killed trust-fund proposals from Rep. Paul Dennert, D-Columbia,...

State senators put the legal groundwork in place today toward reducing the special aid for several dozen school districts that serve sparsely populated areas, including several in the area. Sen. Phyllis Heineman, R-Sioux Falls, said the legislation,...