Austin Goss
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Pierre, SD, United States
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Judge rejects child abuse plea agreement for former SD State Senate candidate
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. → Read More
Noem wants permanent tax cut, threatens veto in video
In a video posted to social media Tuesday, Noem threatened to veto a temporary tax cut, just a day after the Senate amended a sales tax cut to be temporary. → Read More
Senate Republicans vote against bill that would limit on-campus drag shows
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. → Read More
Senate committee defeats petition signature requirement bill
The Senate State Affairs committee killed a bill that would have made the constitutional amendment process more difficult. → Read More
South Dakota Democrats tab east river natives for chair and vice chair positions
Democrats tabbed Aberdeen native Jennifer Slaight-Hansen, and farmer Shane Merrill to lead the state party for the next four years. → Read More
Lawmakers plan lawsuit against senators who removed Frye-Mueller
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. → Read More
South Dakota senators put end to pipeline protection bills
HB 1133, would have redefined carbon so that it was not a “common carrier,” making the two carbon pipelines building in the state unable to use eminent domain. → Read More
Senate narrowly passes bill to alter election process in South Dakota
By a vote of 18 to 16, the South Dakota State Senate narrowly passed a bill that would drastically change the way statewide elected officials are elected. → Read More
House Committee passes bill that would protect mother from prosecution in event of abortion
The bill comes as abortion activists are mounting an effort to place abortion on the ballot in 2024. → Read More
South Dakota Highway Patrol investigating death threat against two state lawmakers
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety is investigating a death threat made against Representative Jon Hansen (R-Dell Rapids) and Fred Deutsch (R-Florence). → Read More
South Dakota Highway Patrol investigating death threat against two state lawmakers
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety is investigating a death threat made against Representative Jon Hansen (R-Dell Rapids) and Fred Deutsch (R-Florence). → Read More
South Dakota Senate committee wants to axe convention primary process
A bill that would allow the Governor to select the Lieutenant Governor, and put all other statewide offices on the primary ballot, cleared it’s first legislative hurdle on Monday. → Read More
House panel advances one bill limiting “kid friendly” drag shows, tables another
Lawmakers on the House State Affairs committee voted to advance one bill limiting “kid friendly drag shows” on public campuses, and to table another that would limit them all together. → Read More
Monae Johnson adds two to Secretary of State’s office
The South Dakota Secretary of State has brought on two new staffers, including Reggie Rhoden, son of Lieutenant Governor Larry Rhoden. → Read More
House State Affairs committee sinks Convention of States resolution
The House State Affairs committee easily blocked an effort to pass a Convention of States resolution, but the prime sponsor of the resolution says that he intends to smoke the bill out on the House floor early next week. → Read More
Rosebud Sioux tribal council votes to give itself $10k bonuses
The RST tribal council voted to give itself a “$10,000 lump salary increase for FY’23.” The money for the bonus comes from American Rescue Plan Act dollars. → Read More
SD House Republican lawmakers want school choice in state
A pair of Republican House lawmakers have proposed bills that would expand school choice and voucher programs in South Dakota. → Read More
House lawmakers easily advance cross sex hormone ban for minors
House lawmakers overwhelmingly passed HB 1080, sending it to the state senate for further consideration. → Read More
House lawmakers soundly reject proposal to change “lame duck” travel rules
The House easily killed a bill that would have reformed the policy regarding out of state travel for outgoing lawmakers. → Read More
Senate Select Committee votes to recommend reinstating suspended Frye-Mueller
South Dakota state senators on the "Select Committee on Discipline and Expulsion" voted unanimously in favor of reinstating Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller (R-Rapid City) Tuesday night. → Read More