Jean Hunhoff

 PIERRE — With barely a tussle, the Legislature’s Executive Board appointed lawmakers Monday to two interim committees that will study parts of South Dakota’s funding system for public schools and gaps in state laws regarding domestic...

Presiding officers  Speaker of the House is Brian Gosch, R-Rapid City. Senate president is Lt. Gov. Matt Michels. Senate president pro tem — aka No. 2 — is Corey Brown, R-Gettysburg.  Gosch and Michels generally run the House and Senate...

PIERRE — When it comes to clout, no other place has the power base that Rapid City, the Black Hills and the western ranch counties do in the 2013 session of the Legislature.  The speaker of the House is Republican Brian Gosch of Rapid City. The...

Circumstances led the Legislature’s Rules Review Committee to assume bigger roles last year in disputes over regulations sought by state agencies, boards and commissions.   The panel of three senators and three representatives found itself at the...

 PIERRE — Township boards in South Dakota won’t be able to levy a new property tax that was to be used only for roads, bridges and culverts, under a measure that fell short Tuesday night in the state Senate.  State senators voted for it 19-...

The only fight fiercer than big hospital groups battling each other for business in South Dakota might be when somebody wants a change in state law to make it easier  to take some of their patients.   The two big Sioux Falls health care organizations,...

PIERRE -- State senators decided Wednesday that local voters should have the opportunity for the final word if their school board decides to put armed sentinels in the district’s buildings and at school events.  That major change was one of...

Editor's note: As part of the coverage of the 2013 legislative session, the American News will provide, on most days, a list of information helpful to understanding what is — and sometimes isn’t — happening at the state Capitol during...

Editor's note: As part of the coverage of the 2013 legislative session, the American News will provide, on most days, a list of 10 pieces of information helpful to understanding what is — and sometimes isn’t — happening at the state...

Editor's note: As part of the coverage of the 2013 legislative session, the American News will provide, on most days, a list of 10 pieces of information helpful to understanding what is — and sometimes isn’t — happening at the state...

Q. Will the Legislature deal with the tourism tax this session? A. House Republican leader David Lust of Rapid City is leading the way on this issue. He filed House Bill 1066 on Tuesday. It would permanently set the visitors-services tax at 1.5 percent....

The 18 women who will be in the state House of Representatives for the 2013 session that starts Tuesday are the largest number in the history of the South Dakota Legislature. The previous highs for the House, which has 70 members total, were 16 in 1987...