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For Immediate Release 12/3/2025 Pierre, SD - Following Governor Larry Rhoden’s budget address, the Joint Democratic Caucus issued the following statement:     "We appreciate the Governor’s commitment to fiscal responsibility and his honesty about slowing revenues and the realities of a lean budget year. We also welcome several bipartisan priorities in his proposal, including investments in National Guard training, women’s prison staffing and services, technical colleges, rural broadband, and...

For Immediate Release 11/18/2025 Sioux Falls, SD — Rhoden’s approach to governing is falling short of what South Dakota needs. When Larry Rhoden assumed office, many of us hoped he would bring a practical, solutions-oriented style to state government. Instead, his decisions continue to leave major challenges unaddressed.   Recently, the Governor said public schools should be “apprehensive” about expecting meaningful salary increases—remarks that came just days before he announced a new school...

For Immediate Release 10/30/2025 Sioux Falls, SD - Please see the letter below from the Joint Democratic Caucus to Gov. Larry Rhoden. For questions, please contact Dan Ahlers, Executive Director of the SD Democratic Party at dan@sddp.org  or 605-940-3071. Paid for by the South Dakota Democratic Party | www.sddp.org