Northeast Radio SD News – Aberdeen, SD - Governor Larry Rhoden visited Aberdeen on Friday to finalize a package of education legislation, signing six bills intended to improve classroom safety, expand student nutrition, and bolster special education funding across the state.

Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota - Governor Larry Rhoden has officially cleared his desk of the final legislative items of the Session, signing five key bills on Friday aimed at fortifying South Dakota’s rural infrastructure and supporting its agricultural economy.

Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota - South Dakota is officially stepping away from managing its own industrial hemp program. Senate Bill 39, which has successfully navigated the state legislature and received final legislative approval this month, will shift the oversight of the state’s hemp growers to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Northeast Radio SD News – South Dakota- Governor Larry Rhoden made South Dakota the first state in the nation to remove firearm suppressors from the list of “controlled weapons” on Tuesday, signing Senate Bill 2 into law. The move underscores the administration’s goal of maintaining South Dakota’s status as the most Second Amendment-friendly state in the country.