Talks underway about state airplane purchase as new law requires consultation with expert panel

By: Joshua Haiar

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: March 25, 2026

Words: 922

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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When Republican state Sen. Joy Hohn, a pilot from Hartford, asked a state department head if he consulted with South Dakota’s Aeronautics Commission about an upcoming $5 million airplane purchase, the department head said he’d never heard of the commission.

That was despite the existence of a state law requiring the commission to advise state departments on aircraft purchases.

So, Hohn introduced a bill to strengthen the law. It passed both chambers of the Legislature, …

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