Lawmakers advanced a bill that would appropriate the last round of one-time funding needed to pay for a new men's prison.

How did the proposed prison make it to 2025 and what are the common questions that continue to be addressed in various ...

While House Bill 1025 now goes to the House Committee on Appropriations in Pierre, the House State Affairs committee gave no ...

The groups vocalizing support for the project include the South Dakota State’s Attorneys Association, the South Dakota Sheriffs Association, and the South Dakota Police Chiefs Association.

"Common sense is not so common up here anymore, which results in poor bills getting out of committee and debated on the floor ...

Opponents continue to hold strong in protest over House Bill 1025 as Lincoln County landowners fear a constant black cloud over the area.

In State of the Union this week, anti-online casino group debuts, Mississippi and Michigan take action against illegal ...

On Thursday in Pierre, state senators did something no previous Senate had been willing to do: Endorse a bill to change South Dakota’s unique-in-the-nation felony drug ingestion law. Under the statute ...

South Dakota Broadcasters Association The latest skirmish in South Dakota’s years long bid to build a new prison pitted ...

The South Dakota Legislature faces a packed agenda Wednesday (Feb. 12, 2025). The House State Affairs Committee meets to consider the Department of Corrections Lincoln County prison construction bill.

State officials reported a sharp decline in the official number of abortions after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade in ...

Parents First When It Comes to Religion, by Rep. Will Mortenson (R-Fort Pierre) ...