Julie Bartling

Presiding officers  Speaker of the House is Brian Gosch, R-Rapid City. Senate president is Lt. Gov. Matt Michels. Senate president pro tem — aka No. 2 — is Corey Brown, R-Gettysburg.  Gosch and Michels generally run the House and Senate...

PIERRE — When it comes to clout, no other place has the power base that Rapid City, the Black Hills and the western ranch counties do in the 2013 session of the Legislature.  The speaker of the House is Republican Brian Gosch of Rapid City. The...

Teenage motorists with less experience behind the wheel should be prohibited from using handheld communication devices such as cellphones and smart phones while driving in South Dakota, the state Senate decided Wednesday.   The 23-10 vote was final...

 PIERRE — The state House of Representatives voted 40-19 Monday afternoon to give final passage to creating a school sentinels program in South Dakota.  The legislation goes next to Gov. Dennis Daugaard. It would allow school boards to place armed...

Editor's note: As part of the coverage of the 2013 legislative session, the American News will provide, on most days, a list of information helpful to understanding what is — and sometimes isn’t — happening at the state Capitol during...

Editor's note: As part of the coverage of the 2013 legislative session, the American News will provide, on most days, a list of 10 pieces of information helpful to understanding what is — and sometimes isn’t — happening at the state...

PIERRE — The state House of Representatives decided Tuesday that local school boards throughout South Dakota should be allowed to decide whether to designate people as sentinels who would be armed with firearms.  The sentinels would be required to...

Editor's note: As part of the coverage of the 2013 legislative session, the American News will provide, on most days, a list of 10 pieces of information helpful to understanding what is — and sometimes isn’t — happening at the state...

South Dakota legislators began consideration today of reducing the number of times that the public is notified about poor-relief payments in a county.   The measure, HB 1076, is sponsored by Rep. Julie Bartling, D-Gregory.   State law currently requires...

The 18 women who will be in the state House of Representatives for the 2013 session that starts Tuesday are the largest number in the history of the South Dakota Legislature. The previous highs for the House, which has 70 members total, were 16 in 1987...

Note to readers: As part of coverage of the 2013 legislative session, the American News will provide on most days a list of 10 pieces of information helpful to understanding what is — and sometimes isn’t — happening at the state...

 This is the seventh in a series of short biographies of South Dakota legislators, including the committees where they serve. District 19 — Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook and parts of Bon Homme counties -  Sen. Bill Van Gerpen, Republican...