On July 1, the start of a new fiscal year for most educational institutions, many school districts anticipated receiving a ...

The U.S. Supreme Court put a temporary freeze on North Dakota’s legislative district map, keeping it in place pending next ...

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden appointed a state senator to fill an empty seat that includes the cities of Huron and Redfield ...

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight Teacher contracts were signed in the spring and school district budgets were prepared months ago. But weeks before school starts, South Dakota schools are ...

North Dakota attorneys and judicial officials say a lack of funding for a key federal program could harm federal defendants’ ability to get quality representation. The U.S. Constitution protects crimi ...

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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 Corrections. He has also filed for candidacy. Schlagel's statement of candidacy, ...

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

Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) announced Monday afternoon that he is running for governor of South Dakota in 2026. Johnson announced his candidacy for the governor’s mansion in Sioux Falls, stating it is ...

South Dakota’s lone member of the U.S. House, Dusty Johnson, has announced that he is entering the race to become South Dakota governor in the 2026 election. Johnson was sharing his plans Monday ...