Governor Larry Rhoden has appointed Senior Chief Jeremiah Schneider as the new Secretary of Veteran Affairs. He will assume ...

Whether a new men’s prison will be built in Lincoln County could come down to what the South Dakota House of Representatives decides on Friday. The ...

South Dakota’s $825 million prison project in rural Lincoln County faces legislative and legal hurdles as the proposed site and price tag come under fire.

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"A prison, like a jail, is a necessary government function, and it must be located somewhere," a state circuit judge ruled.

Perspectives from neighbors, policy analysts and law enforcement show division surrounding plan to build prison in rural ...

PIERRE — There is “a real possibility” that South Dakota lawmakers say no to Gov. Larry Rhoden’s request for the final $182 million needed to fund a new men’s prison, a Republican leader said Thursday ...

Lawmakers will adopt official 2026 revenue estimates Thursday, and those estimates will be used to help build the next annual ...

As reported on Jan. 23 by Vanessa Carlson Bender, South Dakota’s House of Representatives voted unanimously on Jan. 22 to ...

District 24 Representative Will Mortenson, Reagan Taylor and District 24 Representative Mike Weisgram. Reagan is a second ...

South Dakota has a Republican trifecta. The Republican Party controls the office of governor and both chambers of the state legislature. South Dakota has a Republican triplex. The Republican Party ...

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham ... Scott, the state's junior senator, is current chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the chamber's campaign arm and — after challenging ...