South Dakota State University and the School of American and Global Studies are hosting the South Dakota Supreme Court this week for its March 2023 Term of Court.
Gov. Kristi Noem joined governors from Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska in sending a letter Tuesday to the EPA requesting an emergency waiver to allow for E15 this summer during driving season.
Gov. Noem signed House Bill 1090 Wednesday to protect South Dakota agriculture operations from lawsuits that can delay development and increase costs for producers, according to her office.
Pennington County State's Attorney Mark Vargo is taking a job in Thailand, and resigning his post in the office next month. Vargo served briefly as the South Dakota Attorney General last year.
Judge Margo D. Northrup has rejected a plea agreement that the prosecution and defense had come to agreement on in the Joel Koskan case. Koskan, who is charged with child abuse, would have avoided prison time and having to register as a sex offender under the plea agreement.
On this week’s Matters of the State, we take a closer look at how the largest tax cut in South Dakota history got one step closer to crossing the finish line.
The scoreboard manufacturing company in South Dakota reported improving business conditions Wednesday, three months after public disclosures from the company caused its stock price to plummet.
On this week’s Matters of the State, we take a look at the differing stances from the Governor’s Office, House, and Senate when it comes to delivering a tax cut this session.
The South Dakota House killed a bill Wednesday afternoon that would have set up a 17-member task force to examine the welfare of Native children and to look for solutions.
In a video posted to social media Tuesday, Noem threatened to veto a temporary tax cut, just a day after the Senate amended a sales tax cut to be temporary.
South Dakota Senators on the Senate Education committee killed a bill that was intended to prevent "kid friendly" drag shows from happening on public campuses in the state.
He was the first Arab American to serve in the Senate. He was also the founder of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. He co-authored several bills, including the Indian Child Welfare Act.
A group of South Dakota state lawmakers announced Thursday that they have filed a criminal complaint against the senators who voted to remove Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller (R-Rapid City) last month.
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe to supplement tribal recovery efforts in the areas affected by the severe winter storms last December.
On this week’s Matters of the State, we take a closer look at bills aimed at protecting landowners and the latest on the investigation into death threats against state lawmakers.
HB 1133, would have redefined carbon so that it was not a “common carrier,” making the two carbon pipelines building in the state unable to use eminent domain.
By a vote of 18 to 16, the South Dakota State Senate narrowly passed a bill that would drastically change the way statewide elected officials are elected.
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety is investigating a death threat made against Representative Jon Hansen (R-Dell Rapids) and Fred Deutsch (R-Florence).
A bill that would allow the Governor to select the Lieutenant Governor, and put all other statewide offices on the primary ballot, cleared it’s first legislative hurdle on Monday.
Lawmakers on the House State Affairs committee voted to advance one bill limiting “kid friendly" drag shows on public campuses, and to table another that would limit them all together.
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