The state Senate voted unanimously to grant the state auditor the right to access and investigate agency records on Thursday ...

Tony Venhuizen, a longtime fixture in South Dakota state government, was formally and warmly welcomed to his role as ...

The South Dakota Senate passed the Citizens Only Voting Amendment (COVA) in a 33-2 vote yesterday. SJR 503 is now headed for ...

Senate Bill 7 prevents cities from enacting laws which limit an individual from coordinating with a federal agency.

Has South Dakota soured on direct democracy? The answer to that question will be partly answered during the 2025 legislative session, as Republican lawmakers continue a recent trend of trying to ...

PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight) — South Dakota Republican legislative leaders are still planning to push forward with ...

Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen, Pierre, and Watertown airports saw a total of nearly 1.2 million passengers.

Drug ingestion would no longer be a felony crime on the first or second offense under the terms of a bill endorsed by a Senate panel on Tuesday.

The bill would allow $30,000,000 to be appropriated from the South Dakota general fund to be made into grants to hel ...

PIERRE, SD (KELO.com) — Steady as she goes on South Dakota’s unemployment rate. The Rushmore state’s December jobless rate is still the lowest in the nation at 1.9-percent, where it has hovered since ...

Canton Representative Karla Lems' bill prohibiting eminent domain for a carbon dioxide pipeline has made good progress in the ...

A campaign finance reform bill is facing attacks from lawmakers and lobbyists who believe it stems from "personal grievances." ...