PIERRE — A proposal to allow charter schools in the state lost Thursday on a tie vote in the South Dakota Senate and failed on reconsideration Friday, after narrowly advancing out of a Senate ...

President Donald Trump tells governors he won’t deploy federal immigration operations in states that don’t request them, ...

South Dakota Republicans worry that she might return. Updated at 1:00 p.m. ET on February 20, 2026.

Senate Bill 76, after a little tweaking, eased the minds of those in the Senate Commerce and Energy Committee.

The Joint Committee on Appropriations aims to have the general appropriations bill for the upcoming fiscal year passed by March 10th ...

The state’s economic development board could be subjected to tighter conflict-of-interest requirements if a bill responding to South Dakota Searchlight reporting becomes law.

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden vetoed House Bill 1077 to block a permanent ban on cell-cultured meat, arguing it raises legal and free-market concerns. The post South Dakota governor vetoes bill ...

Joshua Haiar and Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight A proposal to let counties reduce homeowner property taxes by charging a sales tax advanced Wednesday at the South Dakota Capitol in Pierre, ...

The South Dakota House of Representatives will decide in the coming days whether another layer of campaign finance restrictions is needed. Republican Rep. Will ...

Notable investments in cultured meat technology include Mosa Meats in the Netherlands, which raised $43 million last year, ...

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden has vetoed a bill that would have banned cell-cultured protein in the state. In his veto ...

South Dakota Secretary of State Monae L. Johnson announces the 2026 “Civics in the 605” student sticker contest winners, with ...