The South Dakota Senate, in a 23-11 vote on Feb. 21, 2024, approved SB 201, a bill to “provide new statutory requirements for regulating linear transmission facilities, to allow counties to impose a surcharge on.
Senate Bill 49A sets aside $10 million in federal money, about $132 million in general fund money and another $93 million in state budget reserve money for a proposed new men's prison.
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Legislation that would increase South Dakota’s monthly $1.25 surcharge to $2 for 911 services has stalled in the state Senate. The fee increase needed a two-thirds majority of 24 senators for passage, but it fell three short on Wednesday. The lead sponsor, Republican Sen. Jim Mehlhaff, gave notice of his intent […]