House Bill 1245 would let municipalities ask voters for a temporary extra gross receipts tax of up to 1 percent for capital ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The South Dakota Senate meets on Feb. 11, 2026, at the Capitol in Pierre. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) ...

Lawmakers voted to table a bill that would have covered the cost of school meals for every student in the state who qualifies ...

Governor Rhoden has signed the South Dakota SAVE act into law.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Big Sioux River flows under a Highway 34 bridge near Egan in southeastern South Dakota. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota ...

Thirty-nine lawmakers voted against a bill Thursday, March 5, that would’ve kept K-12 students from using their cell phones ...

Twenty-four South Dakota senators voted Thursday afternoon to kill a third school choice finance bill proposed this session that would’ve established an education property tax credit program. In ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — What had gone around once before came around again Tuesday afternoon, as the South Dakota Senate argued whether to make permanent the 4.2% temporary sales and use tax rate. How ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Warnings of a statewide emergency medical services “crisis” pushed lawmakers to advance a bill Monday that would create a task force to examine how South Dakota can ...

South Dakota Senate majority leader Jim Melhalff has expressed his doubt that outgoing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem will run for senate.