PIERRE — South Dakota Republican legislative leaders are still planning to push forward with school choice legislation after two bills failed in a committee earlier this week. “The fight’s not over,” said House Majority Leader Scott Odenbach,

Republican lawmakers said Thursday they’re not giving up the effort to install education savings accounts, or school vouchers, in South Dakota.

The South Dakota Legislature voted unanimously on Thursday at the Capitol in Pierre to confirm Tony Venhuizen as the state’s lieutenant governor. Venhuizen, 42, was sworn in shortly afterward. The Sioux Falls Republican’s voice shook momentarily with emotion as he took to the lectern to address the Senate in his first remarks as the body’s

The South Dakota House has approved a bill denying eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipelines like one Summit is planning to build there and in Iowa

South Dakota’s two largest airports are asking for help as they work on expansion plans. The Sioux Falls Airport is asking for 30-million dollars to build a new concourse and add new gates. Rapid City is requesting help for a 200-million dollar multi-phase project.

Gov. Larry Rhoden said he chose Tony Venhuizen as lieutenant governor for his knowledge of the Legislature and experience in the executive branch.

Two reported cases of tuberculosis in South Dakota cattle in recent months are linked, according to South Dakota State Vet Dr. Beth Thompson.

The pipeline would transport carbon dioxide captured from 57 ethanol plants in five states to an underground sequestration site in North Dakota.

The nation’s report card is out, and South Dakota students are at or above the national average in reading and math. The National Assessment of Educational Progress show the state’s 8th graders outperforming the national average in reading and math.

Two bills proposing South Dakota start new school choice finance options were both killed in the House Education Committee on Wednesday.

Rhoden, 65, served as the state's lieutenant governor of South Dakota from 2019 until Saturday when former Gov. Kristi Noem resigned the office after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the Secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

House Lawmakers took their turns giving praise to their colleague who has spent over two decades in the political world.