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.

Get our free mobile app Which South Dakota Border Has No Paved Roads? That would be the great state of Montana. It's one of the more isolated borders in the entire United States. In fact, the ...

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

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 ...

Thirty-three senators voted in favor of allowing people to conceal carry weapons on the state’s technical college and public university campuses.

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.

WASHINGTON — Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that elevates a top deputy of Mitch ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that elevates a top deputy of Mitch ...