At the urging of a Rapid City lawmaker who said big water projects need special attention, a South Dakota legislative committee unanimously supported a bill Thursday at the ...

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

Kansas has become the 27th state to ban minors from undergoing body-mutilating sex-change surgeries after the ...

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 ...

North Dakota state Representative Josh Christy died on Tuesday at the age of 43. District 27 party leaders will appoint a ...

The bill would segregate restrooms in state-owned facilities like the capitol, prisons, universities and public schools by ...

PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight) – The South Dakota House of Representatives supported a bill Wednesday at the Capitol ...

South Dakota's plan to build an $825 million men's prison complex in rural Lincoln County has sparked clashes of opinion.

Republicans are weighing cuts to Medicaid, jeopardizing health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and ...

South Dakota's four-year process to address the state's correctional needs evolved into a plan to build a new men's prison on ...

South Dakota lawmakers are wrestling with what to do about two unusual 30-year leases of office property in Rapid City and ...

Legislation that would bar public school boards in South Dakota from directly hiring lobbyists and from supporting non-profit ...