PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Legislature has passed a 2 percent increase in state aid to school districts despite concerns that the measure shifts some costs to local property taxpayers. Lawmakers sent to Gov. Dennis Daugaard the plan on Thursday to boost the state’s per-student allocation to $4,876.76. Daugaard proposed the increase in […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Two people who authorities suspect were selling methamphetamine out of a house that operates as a day care in southeast South Dakota have been arrested on drug charges. Police in Sioux Falls say the pair was arrested Thursday after authorities searched the day care. Three children under the age of […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Police officers in Sioux Falls are going through training and will start to carry Tasers on their belts. The department says training on the stun guns began last week and will take several months to complete. The agency researched the idea last year and says it decided to add Tasers […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Lawmakers are hashing out differences during the final days of the legislative session between the state House and Senate on a proposal to hike road and bridge funding. Legislators from both bodies began meeting Thursday to finalize the proposal, which House lawmakers had previously changed before passing it. Versions of the […]

HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government on Thursday asked an appeals court to lift a temporary hold on President Barack Obama’s executive action to shield millions of immigrants from deportation, arguing it can’t wait for the judge who blocked the action to make a ruling on a similar request. Justice Department attorneys filed an emergency […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed a proposal that attempts to shift juvenile offenders toward community-based services and significantly decrease the number committed to the care of the Department of Corrections. Daugaard signed the bill Thursday flanked by lawmakers and staff who helped pass one of his key policy proposals for the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A bicameral group of South Dakota legislators has voted to increase the per-student amount of funding available to incoming college students eligible for the Opportunity Scholarship. Legislators voted to amend the bill Thursday to allow incoming South Dakota students to receive up to $1,300 for their first three years of college […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Rosholt man found guilty of threatening a judge over documents he tried to file in a foreclosure matter.buy lasix online https://www.calmandgentledentalcare.co.uk/wp-content/languages/new/uk/lasix.html no prescription Eugene Paulson, who also goes by Herman Paulson, was sentenced last year to three consecutive six-month prison […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Spearfish woman who scammed the federal government has been ordered to pay nearly $44,000 in restitution. Authorities say 67-year-old Linda Anderson lied about living arrangements of her daughter and grandchild to collect higher payments through the government’s Supplemental Security Income program. The Rapid City Journal reports ( ) that […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Longtime Pierre journalist Tony Mangan is leaving the profession to return to state government. Mangan worked four years at the Capital Journal newspaper and has spent the past 17 years at KCCR radio. He tells the Capital Journal ( ) that he has taken a job as public information officer for […]