PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight) – The South Dakota House of Representatives supported a bill Wednesday at the Capitol ...

A bill requiring public school districts in South Dakota to display the state motto “Under God, the People Rule” in ...

Whether a new men’s prison will be built in Lincoln County could come down to what the South Dakota House of Representatives decides on Friday. The ...

House Bill 1017 was inspired by the Sioux Falls School District’s decision over the summer to transition to digital, cashless ticketing for events.

Two bills proposing South Dakota start new school choice finance options were both killed in the House Education Committee on Wednesday.

The state Senate majority leader says his chamber doesn’t have the votes to support school choice bills this year.

Tony Venhuizen, a longtime fixture in South Dakota state government, was formally and warmly welcomed to his role as lieutenant governor of the state.

The committee deferred a vote on a school choice bill for one week so it can get a definitive answer on how much the proposal would cost the state.

PIERRE — Tony Venhuizen, a longtime fixture in South ... House Minority Leader Erin Healy of Sioux Falls supported her former House colleague, who will now head to the Senate chambers the ...

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.

Having been elected to four consecutive terms in the House, Rhoden was up against South Dakota’s term-limits requirement. So he ran for the Senate, won a first term in that chamber starting in ...

Rhoden then switched chambers to the South Dakota Senate, in which he held a ... in 2017 after winning his district's seat in the state House, of which he was named majority whip.