House lawmakers voted 49-21 Wednesday afternoon to segregate restrooms in state-owned facilities such as the Capitol, prisons ...

Fort Pierre can be considered to be the oldest community in South Dakota. According to historical fact Pierre Choteau settled ...

Wednesday at the Capitol in Pierre to defeat a bill that would allow residents to exercise a “conscience exemption” from ...

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 ...

The South Dakota Legislature’s Joint Committee on Appropriations will receive a presentation on Thursday morning about the ...

When the first bridge over the Missouri River was built between Pierre and Fort Pierre the design was for the railroad ...

Look for the modest storefront with the neon “DONUTS” sign in the window. Follow your nose to the intoxicating aroma of fresh ...

PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota lawmakers, the Governor’s Office and the state Treasurer’s Office hope to bring more ...

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

Landowners near the new Lincoln County prison site railed against the Department of Corrections for a lack of transparency ...

"In a very challenging time, with high school graduation numbers down in South Dakota, higher education continues to thrive ...

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