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.

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

When the majority leaders of South Dakota’s two legislative chambers introduced legislation last January that they described ...

Kratom is known for its stimulant and opioid-like effects and is derived from the leaves of a tree in the coffee family, the Southeast Asian tree Mitragyna speciosa. This differs from another natural ...

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 ...

Statehouse reporters Gavin Jackson, Russ McKinney and Maayan Schechter are back at the Capitol reporting what you need to ...

When the majority leaders of South Dakota’s two legislative chambers introduced legislation last January that they described ...

Vivek Ramaswamy is leaving the federal government cost-cutting effort he planned to lead with Elon Musk and expects to announce a bid for Ohio governor a week after Donald Trump is sworn in as ...