SD Sen. Mike Rounds secured a handshake deal with White House budget director to transfer $9.4M to Native American radio ...

More than 200 bills were signed into law during South Dakota's legislative session in 2025, and the vast majority of them take effect July 1.

A familiar face returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, with former Rep. Anthony D’Esposito facing a Senate panel as President Donald Trump’s nominee for inspector general of the Department of Labor.

Julian Beaudion is a retired South Dakota state trooper who is running to become the state's first Black senator.

One Senate Democrat joined Republicans, providing the margin needed to approve Justin Berry to the state law-enforcement board.

Twenty-seven senators voted Monday to pass a bill segregating restrooms in public schools and state-owned facilities by sex assigned at birth.

A South Dakota House bill that would remove current exemptions for librarians in "obscenity" cases, making it easier to incriminate them, passed in the Senate Judiciary 5-2. The bill's prime ...

South Dakota Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden announced Thursday that he signed a bill banning the use of eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipelines, delivering a victory to property-rights activists ...

PIERRE — A bill to move Native American culture and history from a permitted to a required part of South Dakota’s curriculum was loosened by its sponsor in the state Senate on Tuesday, but ...

A South Dakota bill, SB 133, would give municipalities control over fluoride levels in their drinking water. Proponents of the bill cite potential changes in federal fluoridation policy and ...

The bill would require the Ten Commandments be posted in each classroom in South Dakota's public schools. But it could face legal challenges.

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is set to become Senate majority leader in the new Congress, after Republicans flipped the chamber in the 2024 elections.