The U.S. Senate sent President Donald Trump a bill Thursday that would protect a portion of the Wounded Knee Massacre site on ...

South Dakota senators voted 27-6 Monday afternoon to pass a bill segregating restrooms in public schools and state-owned facilities such as the Capitol, university buildings and prisons by sex ...

Federal legislation designating 40 acres at the Wounded Knee massacre site solely for historic purposes is headed to U.S. President Donald Trump for his signature. The ...

PIERRE — A bill to move Native American culture and history from a permitted to a required part of South Dakota’s curriculum was loosened by its sponsor in the state Senate on Tuesday, but still ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) — Senate Majority Leader John Thune has issued his words of support for President Trump’s $12 billion ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The race for South Dakota’s Senate seat opening up in Washington in 2026 has its first official entrant. Julian Beaudion of Sioux Falls is running as a Democrat for the seat ...

Sen. Mark Lapka, R-Leola, speaks on the South Dakota Senate floor on March 4, 2025. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) A four-year controversy that has shaken South Dakota’s Republican ...

Sen. Mark Lapka, R-Leola, speaks Tuesday on the South Dakota Senate floor in Pierre, S.D. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using ...

Annette Bosworth, the South Dakota Senate candidate who found out she lost her race on a live Fox News segment, was charged with perjury on Wednesday afternoon for allegedly lying on the required ...

The state should maintain its subsidy for dual credit students, a group of South Dakota legislators decided Tuesday at the Capitol in Pierre. The Senate Education Committee voted 4-3 to defeat a ...

Larry Rhoden's first budget address as governor of South Dakota is in the books. Read a transcript of the speech here.