The South Dakota House has approved a bill denying eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipelines like one Summit is planning to build there and in Iowa
Gov. Larry Rhoden said he chose Tony Venhuizen as lieutenant governor for his knowledge of the Legislature and experience in the executive branch.
In addition to Hustead, three other business owners were named as officers: Jason Harms of Harms Oil Company as President-Elect, David Mickelson of Graham Tire as Secretary-Treasurer, and Kevin Nyberg of Nyberg’s Ace and Dakota Workwear in Sioux Falls and Watertown as Past-President.
The pipeline would transport carbon dioxide captured from 57 ethanol plants in five states to an underground sequestration site in North Dakota.
After 50 years of dedication to the people of South Dakota, Feeding South Dakota continues to fight food insecurity in the state.
The gubernatorial transition comes after Kristi Noem was confirmed as the next Department of Homeland Security Secretary following a Senate vote on Saturday morning.
Amid Larry Rhoden's succession to South Dakota governor, several executive staffers under former Gov. Kristi Noem were shuffled into new roles.
Two bills proposing South Dakota start new school choice finance options were both killed in the House Education Committee on Wednesday.
A new era begins for South Dakota today as Larry Rhoden took the oath of office to become the state’s 34th Governor.
Rhoden, 65, served as the state's lieutenant governor of South Dakota from 2019 until Saturday when former Gov. Kristi Noem resigned the office after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the Secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Rep. Karla Lems, R-Canton, and Sen. Mark Lapka, R-Leola, are leading efforts in protecting landowners with House Bill 1052, which would prohibit the exercise of eminent domain for a pipeline that carries carbon dioxide.
Larry Rhoden, who succeeded Kristi Noem as South Dakota’s governor on Saturday, brings a lengthy record of success as state legislator to his new office. The Meade County rancher and welder had already served 16 years in the Legislature and was seeking re-election to a seat in the House in 2018