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On this week’s Matters of the State, we take a look at the Veto Day and what’s ahead for legislative summer studies.

Women’s History Month: A look at influential women in South Dakota STEM

On this week’s Matters of the State, we take a look at the final hurdle for the largest tax cut in South Dakota history.

Earlier during the session, Gov. Noem said she would veto both because legislators failed to pass her 2022 campaign-promised elimination of the 4.5% sales tax on food.

Women’s History Month: influential female athletes in South Dakota.

Each year, trains carry nearly 11 billion pounds of chemicals through South Dakota’s cities and countryside, much of it on century-old tracks, a South Dakota News Watch analysis has revealed.

The updated list of conditions would be the largest change under SB 1, which passed with few votes to spare in both the House and the Senate.

A new state rule will allow hunting in some parts of South Dakota state parks where it had previously been banned.

On this week’s Matters of the State, we sit down with the architect behind the sales tax cut.

Here in South Dakota, several influential and progressive women made a lasting mark on the state, paving the way for today’s women.

Republican elected officials are polarized about what should come next for the war in Ukraine, and that is no different in South Dakota.

Governor Kristi Noem laid into legislative leadership for disagreements over certain legislative priorities Wednesday.

Pennington County State's Attorney Mark Vargo is taking a job in Thailand, and resigning his post in the office next month. Vargo served briefly as the South Dakota Attorney General last year.

On this week’s Matters of the State, we take a closer look at how the largest tax cut in South Dakota history got one step closer to crossing the finish line.

Judge Margo D. Northrup has rejected a plea agreement that the prosecution and defense had come to agreement on in the Joel Koskan case. Koskan, who is charged with child abuse, would have avoided prison time and having to register as a sex offender under the plea agreement.

Noem's veto of HB 1193 came in response to concerns by many about how the bill would impact the cryptocurrency industry in South Dakota.

Throughout South Dakota's history, women have had an impact on politics.

A Sioux Falls duck is in the spotlight hoping to be the new Cadbury Bunny. Ping the duck has been named a top ten finalist for the Bunny tryouts.

South Dakota received nearly $14 billion in federal COVID-19 funding from March 2020 through January, according to an internal state fiscal report obtained exclusively by South Dakota News Watch.

Gov. Kristi Noem put her “brand” on a tax increase bill approved by the South Dakota Legislature. That brand? A veto.

The final part of our Febr-u-ary heart health series is on heart failure. Currently, there are about 64 million people worldwide living with this deadly condition. As our final Febr-u-ary heart health series comes to an end, our focus is not only on the prevention of heart failure but how to recognize the symptoms.

The South Dakota House killed a bill Wednesday that would have set up a 17-member task force to examine the welfare of Native children and to look for solutions.

South Dakota Senators on the Senate Education committee killed a bill that was intended to prevent "kid friendly" drag shows from happening on public campuses in the state.

The Senate State Affairs committee killed a bill that would have made the constitutional amendment process more difficult.

On this week’s Matters of the State, we take a closer look at which tax cut survived a showdown with state lawmakers in Pierre.

Democrats tabbed Aberdeen native Jennifer Slaight-Hansen, and farmer Shane Merrill to lead the state party for the next four years.

James Abourezk has died, shortly after going into hospice care at this Sioux Falls home.

A group of South Dakota state lawmakers announced Thursday that they have filed a criminal complaint against the senators who voted to remove Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller (R-Rapid City) last month.

Democratic legislative leaders say Republican Gov. Kristi Noem is to blame for failing to pass her campaign promise to take the sales tax off food.

The South Dakota Department of Transportation extends the closure of Interstate 90.