Public school employee Chrystopher Bitz and North Dakota Association for Justice Executive Director Jaclyn Hall listen to testimony during the House Judiciary Committee's hearing on House Bill 1166 on ...

PIERRE — Chief Justice Steven Jensen stressed the importance of access to the courts in his State of the Judiciary address Wednesday. He said that court access has been a “major focus” for the past ...

Rep. Phil Jensen, R-Rapid City, failed to gain enough support in the House to pass his bill requiring the display of the state seal and motto “Under God, the People Rule” in public school classrooms.

In a court order Thursday, U.S. District Judge Lawrence Piersol kept jurisdiction over an action brought by Courthouse News while the South Dakota courts put in place a system that gives public access ...

A bill in the North Dakota House proposes to automatically seal certain criminal court records from public view, and give people whose records aren't automatically sealed a method for closure. House ...