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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Young South Dakota artists can show off their talents and help raise awareness about wildfire dangers. South Dakota Wildland Fire is sponsoring a poster coloring contest as part of Wildfire Awareness Month. This year’s entries have to reflect the theme “Tame the Flame” and must be postmarked by April 24. […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Legislature has passed a $4.3 billion budget that gives extra state funding increases to education, state employees and health care providers despite having less money available to spend than previously expected. The House voted 55-9 to approve the budget put together earlier in the day by the Legislature’s […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — These South Dakota lotteries were drawn Friday:

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Legislature has passed a proposal to hike road and bridge funding, a plan that would immediately raise the state’s fuel taxes by 6 cents per gallon. The House voted 55-11 to approve the bill immediately after it passed the Senate on Friday afternoon. The scope of the fuel […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Senate has passed a proposal to hike road and bridge funding, a plan that would immediately raise the state’s fuel taxes by 6 cents per gallon. The Senate voted 25-9 to approve the deal after negotiators from both chambers finalized it Friday morning. The scope of the fuel […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Legislature has approved a bill that would continue funding a program aimed at keeping teachers in key fields in the state. The House passed the bill Friday that would allocate $150,000 to the Critical Teaching Needs Scholarship. Recipients must agree to remain in the state and work in […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The license of a South Dakota in-home day care has been suspended after police found methamphetamine at the facility. Sioux Falls officials suspended the license after the drug was discovered Thursday. A 33-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man were arrested after a tip led an area task force to the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A bill that would create a collection center to recover debts owed to the state is headed to the governor’s desk. The measure that passed the Senate by a 19-15 vote on Friday would create the Obligation Recovery Center. The bill has been contentious throughout the session. Proponents of creating the […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers are wrapping up the main run of this year’s legislative session and are poised to pass a spending plan Friday for the fiscal year that begins in July. The Joint Appropriations Committee plans to finish work on the approximately $1.4 billion state budget Friday so the House and […]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — House and Senate lawmakers have reached a deal on a proposal to hike road and bridge funding that would in part raise South Dakota’s fuel taxes by 6 cents immediately. Negotiators from both bodies finalized the deal on Friday. It must be approved by both chambers. Negotiators outlined a proposed 6 […]