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Reporter and host Meghan O’Brien works with other South Dakota Searchlight journalists to take listeners inside politics and policy in The Mount Rushmore State, including the annual legislative session.

  1. Big concern and big bucks for fireworks, a final debate for GOP governor candidates, and a Democratic candidate’s take

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    Big concern and big bucks for fireworks, a final debate for GOP governor candidates, and a Democratic candidate’s take

    In this week’s episode of Searchlight Report, reporter and host Meghan O’Brien takes listeners through the expense and unease surrounding a fireworks celebration at Mount Rushmore, including an ongoing drought and potential harm to endangered species, as well as resistance from Indigenous groups in the Black Hills. Also, a final debate between the state’s four Republican gubernatorial candidates hosted by Sioux Falls Live and The Dakota Scout features disagreements about education, and the state’s only Democratic candidate for governor responds. Click here to access a transcript of this week's episode.

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  2. Uranium drilling concerns, state money for defense and guns, and highlights from another governor debate

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    Uranium drilling concerns, state money for defense and guns, and highlights from another governor debate

    In this week’s Searchlight Report podcast episode, host Meghan O’Brien talks to both sides in a dispute over proposed drilling for uranium in South Dakota’s Black Hills. She also explains Gov. Larry Rhoden’s $10 million in grants to spur defense contracting and bring a gunsmithing program to the state, plus a legislative board’s decision to raise the pay of the state investment officer despite concerns about underperformance. And she shares audio highlights from the second debate in the race for the Republican nomination for governor. Click here to access a transcript for this week's episode.

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  3. One candidate’s tax cut is another’s increase, Noem gets mixed reviews, and more governor debate highlights

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    One candidate’s tax cut is another’s increase, Noem gets mixed reviews, and more governor debate highlights

    This week, reporter and Searchlight Report host Meghan O’Brien brings listeners the key moments — courtesy of KELO-TV — from the first debate in the race for South Dakota’s Republican nomination for governor. She also has highlights from the Legislature’s Veto Day, including the fate of legislation on lab-grown meat, in-home care and a deteriorating dam.

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  4. A No Kings protest in SD’s capital, voting citizenship changes and the Legislature’s ‘quickly forgotten’ topic

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    A No Kings protest in SD’s capital, voting citizenship changes and the Legislature’s ‘quickly forgotten’ topic

    In the 10th episode of Searchlight Report, reporter and host Meghan O’Brien has interviews from the streets of Pierre during a No Kings protest against the Trump administration. She also explains what new voters in South Dakota will need to know about proving their citizenship for the upcoming election. Reporter Makenzie Huber spoke with a state lawmaker about what was neglected in this year’s legislative session. Plus, “a South Dakotan everyone can be proud of.”

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  5. Landing the ‘budget plane,’ slamming the gas (literally) and other sights and sounds from the final legislative week

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    Landing the ‘budget plane,’ slamming the gas (literally) and other sights and sounds from the final legislative week

    A white-knuckle drive around a state training course highlights the end of the 101st South Dakota legislative session in this week’s episode of the Searchlight Report.  Lawmakers also approve the state’s budget, finding money to increase funding for education, Medicaid providers and state employees — the state’s “big three.” Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden approves two major bills in a property tax relief plan, trading lower property tax for higher sales tax.  Reporter and Searchlight Report host Meghan O’Brien visits a different kind of legislative event at the Emergency Vehicle Operation Course, and catches sound from the ringing in of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, with South Dakota’s own liberty bell.

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  6. How a sales tax roller coaster could lead to property tax relief for South Dakotans

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    How a sales tax roller coaster could lead to property tax relief for South Dakotans

    As the 2026 South Dakota legislative session winds down, the push for property tax relief is coalescing around plans to provide that relief with money from higher sales taxes, after lawmakers reduced sales taxes just three years ago. But how did we get here? Searchlight Report host Meghan O’Brien takes a look back at what pushed the state toward the need for property tax relief in recent years, the various ways lawmakers and leaders have tried to address the problem, and how the conversation about property taxes has consistently revolved around sales taxes.

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  7. The search for a state senator: a Searchlight Report special edition

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    The search for a state senator: a Searchlight Report special edition

    In this special episode of Searchlight Report, journalists Meghan O’Brien and Joshua Haiar recap an unusually chaotic and contentious week in the South Dakota Senate, including a failed search for state Sen. John Carley during a key day of the session, resulting in the defeat of a pair of data-center related bills.

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  8. Lawmakers torn over tax bills and data centers, all about that odor in Sioux Falls, and gaveling with gusto

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    Lawmakers torn over tax bills and data centers, all about that odor in Sioux Falls, and gaveling with gusto

    In the sixth episode of Searchlight Report, Meghan rounds up the fight to incentivize or restrict data centers, and the flurry of property tax relief bills that are moving through the Legislature. An education committee advances a bill that would allow charter schools in the state, and a major Sioux Falls meatpacking plant is finding a new home in the city. Also, a bill that would have established data collection for “assisted reproductive technology” founders in the state House of Representatives, and the state Senate welcomes a “guest gaveler” with plenty of gusto.

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Reporter and host Meghan O’Brien works with other South Dakota Searchlight journalists to take listeners inside politics and policy in The Mount Rushmore State, including the annual legislative session.

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