Legislation concerning open records and open meetings was a recurring topic this week in the South Dakota Legislature as lawmakers advanced bills that would open governors’ records sooner and require ...

Gov. Kristi Noem’s heated rhetoric on immigration belies a stark economic reality in her own state: With unemployment at 1.9% — the lowest in the country — South Dakota faces an acute labor shortage ...

Republican Senator Michael Rohl brought legislation to increase transparency in South Dakota. The Senate State Affairs Committee killed it.

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) as his nominee for secretary of homeland security on November 12, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate ...

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight When the majority leaders of South Dakota’s two legislative chambers introduced ...

A future ballot question could ask voters whether to raise the threshold to pass a constitutional amendment from a "50% plus ...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Friday used what might prove to be her final weekly column to say a final goodbye. Earlier in the day, she appeared before a U.S.

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, the smallest in the state, also congratulated the GOP governor on her nomination to be ...

The Secretary of Homeland Security nominee is dedicated to her family. Learn more about her life at home and career as the ...

The governor of South Dakota has the support of her husband, who is the First Gentleman of the state. Learn more about Bryon.

The tension between both parties goes back to comments Noem made in 2024 accusing tribal leaders of enabling drug cartels ...

President-elect Donald Trump's choice for Homeland Security secretary portrayed illegal immigration as an "invasion" and the ...