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SD Dist 22 State House Gen Election: Chase, Glanzer, Wollschlager, and Dannenbring

SD Legislative District 22. Screenshot from LRC website 5/21/16. South Dakota legislative District 22 has  a general election for State House. District 22 is in the central part of Eastern South Dakota. Towns in this district include Arlington, Badger, Bancroft, Broadland, Cavour, De Smet, Erwin, Hetland, Hitchcock, Huron, Iroquois, Lake Preston, Oldham, Virgil, Wessington, Wolsey, and Yale. This…

Payment Methodologies for Medicaid Providers Study on Mon June 27

On Monday, June 27, the Payment Methodologies for Medicaid Providers Study will meet in Pierre for its first meeting. The meeting begins at 10:00 am. The agenda for this meeting can be viewed here. SDPB will also provide live audio for anyone wishing to listen in on the meeting. This particular summer study was requested by Rep Jean Hunhoff (R, Dist 18) and Rep Dick Werner (R, Dist 22). This is a…

District 22 State House Democrat Primary: Dannenbring, Wollschlager and Raschke

SD Legislative District 22. Screenshot from LRC website 5/21/16. South Dakota legislative District 22 has  a Democrat Primary for State House. District 22 is in the central part of Eastern South Dakota. Towns in this district include Arlington, Badger, Bancroft, Broadland, Cavour, De Smet, Erwin, Hetland, Hitchcock, Huron, Iroquois, Lake Preston, Oldham, Virgil, Wessington, Wolsey, and Yale.…

Three Interim Study topics chosen by the Executive Board, nursing beds, Medicaid long term care payments, and substance abuse

On April 18 the South Dakota Legislative Executive Board met in Pierre. My post prior to the meeting can be viewed here. The big agenda item I was interested was the Interim Study Committee Topic Selection. The minutes for that meeting aren’t out yet, but I did have an opportunity to listen in on the meeting. There were three topics chosen for a study during the 2016 Interim Session. At the…

Senate Ag has 2 bills on Tues Mar 1

On Tuesday, March 1, at 10:00 am the SD Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources committee will take on 2 bills. This is compiled using the agenda at the time of composing this post. Agendas can and do change! One way to listen to these meetings live is via the audio links on the Schedule page of the LRC website. While there you can also view the status board for the meetings as they are going…

Senate Tax has 3 bills on Weds Feb 17, big tires, state corporate income tax, and property tax shift

On Wednesday, February 17, at 10:00 am the SD Senate Taxation committee will take on 3 bills. This is compiled using the agenda at the time of composing this post. Agendas can and do change! One way to listen to these meetings live is via the audio links on the Schedule page of the LRC website. While there you can also view the status board for the meetings as they are going on. SB…

2 bills defeated on the SD Senate floor during week 5, 0 in the House

South Dakota legislative week five is done. During this week there were only two bills defeated on the SD Senate floor. And over on the House side there weren’t any bills that were defeated on the floor. (I checked the journals multiple times to ensure that was true!) The first bill, SB 95, might end up being included in a petition reform initiated measure a group is considering for the 2018…

Senate Commerce has 2 bills on Thurs Feb 11

On Thursday, February 11, at 10:00 am the SD Senate Commerce and Energy committee will take on 2 bills. This is compiled using the agenda at the time of composing this post. Agendas can and do change! One way to listen to these meetings live is via the audio links on the Schedule page of the LRC website. While there you can also view the status board for the meetings as they are going on. HB…