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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Voters would get to decide if South Dakota’s lieutenant governor retains the right to preside over the state Senate under the ...

PIERRE — The South Dakota Senate has voted to approve a governor-led bill to purchase land in northeast Sioux Falls and build a 1,500-bed, multimillion-dollar men's prison on the parcel. The Senate ...

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 ...

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

On March 11, the South Dakota governor signed into law Senate Bill 98, which aims to prevent virtual currency kiosk fraud.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A bill that requires drivers who hold a commercial driver’s license to be proficient in English has moved on to the South Dakota Senate floor. The prime sponsor of the ...

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 joins the majority of states with similar measures protecting public speakers ranging from political advocates ...

South Dakota lawmakers passed a $7.5B budget and property tax relief bills in the 2026 session, while also taking up data ...

A unanimous South Dakota Senate committee vote halts a proposal that would have ended the voter‑approved program if federal rescheduling moves forward. A South Dakota Senate legislative committee on ...