Finances Of Criminal Justice Initiative Heard In Appropriations
By Victoria Wicks The Joint Appropriations Committee of the South Dakota state legislature heard testimony Tuesday about the costs of funding the Criminal Justice Initiative. The system-wide overhaul...
View ArticleHouse Votes No on State Drivers Ed Program
A bill proposing a state-wide driver education program failed to make it out of the House of Representatives Monday. The original bill called for an appropriation for the program, which requires a...
View ArticleCommittee Adopts Projected Revenues
The Joint Appropriations Committee has determined how much money the state has to work with for the rest of this fiscal year and for Fiscal Year 14, which starts July 1. On Tuesday the committee looked...
View ArticleDirect Wine Shipment Bill Sent to Appropriations
Legislation to allow wine shipments in South Dakota is moving to another committee, after failing to pass out of the Senate Commerce and Energy committee it’s second time through. Senate Bill 114 made...
View ArticleAudiology Services, Devices Bill Hoghoused in Committee
A measure that requires insurance coverage for audiology services and devices continues through the legislature, but in a different form. Senate Bill 122 was hoghoused Monday morning in Senate...
View ArticleCommittee Supports Checkpoint of Certain Contingency Funds
Members of the Senate Appropriations committee are asking for more transparency when using contingency funds to cover unexpected costs. Senate Bill 177 appropriates money for unanticipated costs in...
View ArticleHouse Appropriation Passes SDSU Stadium Bill
The House Appropriations committee passed Senate Bill 15 this Wednesday morning. This bill allows the South Dakota Building Authority and the Board of Regents, to construct a new football stadium at...
View ArticleLawmakers Kill Duplicate Pine Beetle Bill
The House Appropriations committee killed a bill that funds South Dakota’s fight against Pine Beetles. Lawmakers say the bill is duplicate legislation of a separate bill already passed. Larry Mann is a...
View ArticleOne-Time Money to be Used for Bond Payments
State lawmakers support the governor’s plan to use one-time dollars to prepay public building loans. The Senate Appropriations committee passed House Bill 1206 Wednesday morning that will give more...
View ArticlePrenatal Care Won't Be Expanded Through Statute
Legislators are exploring different ways to give prenatal care to mothers who don’t qualify under certain Medicaid provisions. Wednesday, the governor's office asked members of the Senate...
View ArticleUSD Seeks $1M Appropriation for Research Park Expansion
The University of South Dakota’s research park in Sioux Falls has the potential to expand, if state lawmakers OK the funding. House Bill 1175 seeks the state government’s approval for $1 million to...
View ArticleLegis. Panel Examines State Budget
Members of the committee that examines the state’s budget are about halfway through hearing from state departments. Tuesday legislators looking at next year’s state budget hear from the departments of...
View ArticleLawmakers Debate Funding For Pilot Program To Tailor Online Textbooks,...
The House Appropriations Committee is considering a bill to pay an education company to evaluate textbooks and to make “living textbooks” available online. Bill sponsors asked for half a million...
View ArticleLawmakers Eye Late-Session Options
Lawmakers in Pierre are keeping pieces of legislation afloat until they have final funding numbers. That sometimes means they’re using stop-gap measures to keep legislation alive. The 2015 South Dakota...
View ArticleRounds Stands Ground On Federal Funding
A United States Senator from South Dakota says lawmakers have less than two weeks to figure out how to fund the federal government. September 30th is the deadline to appropriate money to government...
View ArticleSioux Falls Area Lawmakers Preview Session
Lawmakers from districts in and around Sioux Falls are previewing their priorities for the 2016 legislative session. Wednesday morning a couple hundred people attended an annual breakfast from the...
View ArticleGov. Daugaard Says Medicaid Document From Federal Government Is Imminent
Governor Dennis Daugaard says he’s waiting for a document from the federal government before he’s able to move forward with Medicaid expansion. He says the State Health Officer Letter containing the...
View ArticleNew Appropriations Process Makes Final Legislative Week Different
This is the last week of the 2016 legislative session. The final days look a little different this year, thanks to a new appropriations process. Once the education bills are through the legislature,...
View ArticleLawmakers have $25 Million Less To Spend This Session
South Dakota lawmakers will have much less to spend this legislative session. The Joint Committee on Appropriations approved revenue projections that are over $25 million less than what the governor...
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