A Republican running for South Dakota state Senate was charged with felony child abuse Thursday for allegedly grooming and raping a young family member for years, according to local reports.

The South Dakota state Senate on Tuesday voted to convict and remove state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg from office on two articles of impeachment after he struck and killed a pedestrian in ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - The Black Hills is mourning the passing of two long-time local legislators. Lyndell Petersen passed away Tuesday at the age of 93.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Republican South Dakota Senator Lauren Nelson lead the charge in the Senate for House Bill ... while complying with the new state law. Jodi Fick, Siouxland Libraries ...

PIERRE, SD — 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 ...

South Dakota's Senate Republican leader said Friday that ... except when they delve into issues that are private by state law, and that the committee's final report would be a public record.

A group of four Republicans in the South Dakota state Senate Judiciary Committee killed a bill Thursday that would require pornography sites to implement an ID check for age verification.

Child witnesses have the right to a safe courtroom, South Dakota state legislators agreed during an initial bill hearing on Thursday. The Senate Judiciary committee unanimously voted to move ...

The victory means Mayfield will fill the vacancy left by now-U.S. Rep. Randy Fine, the Republican who resigned his SD 19 ...