South Dakota schools offered contracts to teachers in April. That’s required by law. The problem is that federal funding needed to pay those contracts is held up by a dispute in Washington. Yankton ...

Funds to pay contracted attorneys dried up July 3, according to the Federal Public Defender's Office in North Dakota and South Dakota. That could result in delays for justice and harm to defendants.

Scott Schlagel, of Dell Rapids, is a former correctional officer and outspoken critic of the South Dakota Department of ...

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A federal appeals court has upheld its decision against two Native American tribes challenging North Dakota's redistricting ...

According to the facility's most recent quarterly newsletter, Boxelder Job Corps students in the past three months did ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including budget reconciliation and ...

Over the last five years, while local jails in the United States have been holding fewer people, New Mexico’s largest jail ...

President Trump has been urging lawmakers to send him the bill to sign into law by July 4, but also acknowledged the timeline ...

The Senate passed President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” to keep low tax rates from expiring – maintaining a status quo. The ...

Dusty Johnson is the chairman of the Main Street Caucus. His at-large seat, which will be left vacant, is rated "solid ...