Former South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard endorses U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson's 2026 run for governor on June 30, 2025, in Sioux Falls. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight) Republican former South ...

South Dakota Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden speaks during a press conference Feb. 6, 2025, at the Capitol in Pierre with Lt. Gov. Tony Venhuizen. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight) South Dakota ...

The Governor’s Resilience and Infrastructure Task Force (GRIT) convened to assess vulnerabilities and risks in the state’s ...

Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden has proposed no increases in state aid funding for the state's K-12 schools and no salary ...

PIERRE, S.D. (Flag Family Media) - The South Dakota penitentiary has reached the end of its useful life. The Project Prison Reset task force shared the news from consultants Arrington Watkins.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – A decision on what will replace the South Dakota State Penitentiary will not happen in July during a special session as Gov. Larry Rhoden requested earlier this year. Lt.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Two years after approving a tough-on-crime sentencing law, South Dakota is scrambling to deal with the price tag for that legislation: Housing thousands of additional inmates could ...

SPRINGFIELD — South Dakota needs a new prison. How large it ought to be or where are open questions, but a work group appointed to “reset” discussions on a new men’s prison agreed on that much Tuesday ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Gov. Larry Rhoden took an unusual step this week and turned his weekly column over to Lt. Gov. Tony Venhuizen. Venhuizen used the opportunity to publicly call for lawmakers to ...

South Dakota's Project Prison Reset work group has agreed that the state's current penitentiary needs to be replaced. The group is considering 12 potential locations for the new prison, including ...

Gov. Larry Rhoden has announced the date of when lawmakers will weigh and pass legislation for a new state prison. The special legislative session will be at 9 a.m. Sept. 9, according to a press ...

Spartan Emergency Response, a brand of REV Group Inc. subsidiary Spartan Fire LLC and a leading manufacturer of fire apparatus, broke ground on a facility expansion today with South Dakota Governor ...