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 ...

If passed, the bill, Senate Bill 51 would make it mandatory for the Ten Commandments, and other founding documents, to be displayed in publicly funded elementary, middle and high schools.

On a face-numbingly frigid afternoon last week, Gov. Kristi Noem used a farewell address to South Dakotans to warn of an ''invasion'' far away from the state's windswept prairies and freedom-loving ...

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 ...