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SDPB Radio Coverage of the South Dakota Legislature. See all coverage and find links to audio and video streams live from the Capitol at www.sdpb.org/statehouse

Statehouse Podcast: Trust Funds, Special Education Funding, Budget Adress Set, Concealed Carry

The House Commerce and Energy Committee is working to give employers a financial break. House Bill 1034 lowers the amount business owners contribute to the State Unemployment Trust Fund.

State Senators are passing a Senate Concurrent Resolution that commends Republican U.S. Senators John Thune and Mike Rounds for voting to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Not all Republican senators agreed.

A bill related to the extraordinary cost fund for special education moves to the full senate without the amendment recommended by the South Dakota Department of Education. Senate Bill 1 moves the Extraordinary Cost Oversight Board of of rules and into state statute. It also adds a legislator to the board.

South Dakota Goverrnor Kristi Noem will deliver the budget address on January 23, 2019.

Gun Rights legislators and activists are hoping a multi-year effort to remove permit requirements for concealed pistols will pay off.

The Senate Education committee is scheduled to take up a bill next week that voids the transgender policy implimented in 2015 by the South Dakota High School Activities Association.

Cara Hetland is the Director of Radio and Journalism Content for South Dakota Public Broadcasting.