South Dakota’s $825 million prison project in rural Lincoln County faces legislative and legal hurdles as the proposed site and price tag come under fire.

Here’s a look at some of the events scheduled at the state Capitol for Wednesday, February 19, the 23rd working day of the ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Ten South Dakota organizations have joined together to try to defeat five bills they claim will negatively impact the state’s ballot initiative process. Those bills are House ...

"There's no point in creating unnecessary and quite predictable conflicts between our branches," newly minted Chief Justice ...

The Senate passed a bill requiring schools to take cash as payment for school events, similar to a bill that was killed in ...

"A prison, like a jail, is a necessary government function, and it must be located somewhere," a state circuit judge ruled.

Landowners near the new Lincoln County prison site railed against the Department of Corrections for a lack of transparency ...

The bill would have alerted parents if their student talks to their school nurse, counselor, teacher or administrator about their gender identity.