The number of women in the U.S. Senate is unlikely to increase and may decline following the November midterm elections, though there are still opportunities for candidates to make history in the…

On Tuesday, several groups — including the Save America Movement, the American Federation of Teachers labor union and the National Action Network — launched Vote Safe, an initiative that will put…

Amid the doom and gloom of National Newspaper Week, there is some good news about South Dakota newspapers.

From South Dakota Searchlight | Shining a light on South Dakota

President Donald Trump wants to curtail mail ballots, but with Republicans falling behind in the polls, the president is now urging his supporters to vote in the midterm elections any way they can,…

The group is inviting the public to trainings in Aberdeen, Rapid City and Sioux Falls and online, to prepare for the Nov. 3 election.

Gov. Larry Rhoden’s office included the figure in a news release announcing his decision to extend his order for cooperation with ICE.

Archaeologists recently removed seven coffins containing human remains and an unknown wooden box from a construction site near the North Dakota governor’s residence.

South Dakota’s recently opened women’s prison in Rapid City held 79 women at the end of September, the first month the state began the move.

Since South Dakota’s Republican lame-duck Secretary of State Monae Johnson endorsed a Democrat, voters might wonder: Is she for real?

During a Thursday debate, the Republican candidate in the race for South Dakota’s seat in the U.S. House criticized Trump's beef import plan.

A South Dakota group suffered a setback in its effort to protect adequate time for petitioning questions onto statewide ballots.

The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that a father doesn’t have a right to obtain investigation records he wanted about his son’s death.

Dozens of President Donald Trump's nominees remain held up amid Sen. Kevin Cramer’s outrage over a Biden-era rule dealing with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wetland easements that Cramer says harm…

The U.S. Senate adjourned Wednesday night and won’t return until Nov. 9 for the five-week lame-duck session, when party leaders will have to decide which bills they want to negotiate during what…

President Donald Trump is scheduled to kick off a month-long blitz of campaign stops in advance of the midterm elections with a Thursday rally in deep-red Oklahoma before heading to other states with…

Created through President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending law in 2025, the Education Freedom Tax Credit program allows individuals to claim a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit of up to…

U.S. Senate Republicans did not gain any support from Democrats as they attempted to advance a bill that mashed together two hot-button midterm issues: requiring voter ID in federal elections and…

Eastern South Dakota could soon host the largest transmission project in the state’s history. The larger story is what could follow it.

South Dakota's Democratic U.S. House candidate announced her top economic priorities, including a return to tariff policies predating President Donald Trump.

A federal grand jury indicted 10 noncitizens for unlawfully voting in Minnesota, U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Wednesday, highlighting President Donald Trump's effort to keep election…

South Dakota’s Republican governor issued an executive order to blunt the impact of high diesel prices for farmers during harvest season.

A question on the general election ballot will ask South Dakotans to add language to the state constitution specifying that people who are not U.S. citizens are disqualified from voting.

Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ efforts Thursday to check the president’s unfettered military action in the Middle East.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration appeared to disappoint senators from both political parties.

Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds made a request in December for an audit by the Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General.

A member of the public should have a vote on South Dakota’s Open Meetings Commission, an open meetings task force says.

Inflation is affecting South Dakota businesses before it reaches consumers, and two executives say tariffs, artificial intelligence demand, high interest rates and a tight labor market are among the…

Tens of thousands of Americans continue to lose access to food assistance each month, even as Congress debates slowing down major cuts to federal food stamps.

The order said the White House must “immediately return, reinstate, and restore the White House ‘hard pass’ press credentials held by employees of CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO that were revoked."

On Tuesday, Sept. 15, I paid $36 to send a small box containing a Minnesota Vikings jersey from Watertown to Rapid City by two-day mail guaranteed to arrive Thursday. It arrived Monday.  By then,…

A vast and growing network of artificial intelligence-driven Flock cameras could violate constitutional privacy rights, U.S. senators on a Judiciary Committee subcommittee said during a Wednesday…

U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Kelly indicated during a hearing he may order the Trump administration to reinstate White House press passes for reporters from three news organizations who had…

Virginia-based defense contractor Northrop Grumman will establish an office in an $18 million building to be constructed in Rapid City.

It could cost up to $697,000 a year for South Dakota’s state-level public defender to begin taking on trial-level cases in the state.

One potential outcome of the Lindsay Clancy mistrial is a state legislative push to boost mental health support for new mothers.

Education experts and advocates urged Congress to repeal an incoming national school voucher program over concerns that it will divert critical funds away from public schools to private institutions.

Regulators are considering permit applications for projects that would add 160 miles of electric transmission lines in eastern South Dakota.

The U.S. Postal Service announced plans to improve delivery speed in South Dakota, following years of complaints about service in the state.

President Donald Trump faces a “big decision” to make a deal with Iran or “annihilate” the country, he told the United Nations General Assembly.

Regionalizing ambulance services could preserve them for rural areas and guarantee a basic level of coverage, task force members said.

Medicaid enrollees from five states and leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit Friday challenging new Medicaid work requirements.

The Trump administration’s top wildlife official issued a directive that expands a recent rollback of endangered species protections.

Diesel prices hit a record average of $6.51 a gallon , and some in President Donald Trump’s own party are breaking their support for the ongoing war in Iran.

Partisan squabbles are keeping Congress from effecting change, and President Donald Trump has made it worse when he has “lost focus,” said South Dakota Republican U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, who added…

After pledging to protect press freedoms, Gov. Rhoden found himself standing in front of reporters with President Trump as the president defended his ban of three news organizations.

Women giving birth in rural communities were more likely than peers in urban areas to receive oral opioid prescriptions for pain upon leaving the hospital after a cesarean section, according to a new…

CNN, MS Now and Politico wrote in a joint statement the suit is intended “to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or…

The House has overwhelmingly passed legislation forcing state regulators to consider requirements that data centers absorb the cost of the electricity they use. But there’s more to be done, say data…

Four years after refusing to acknowledge the legitimacy of a Democratic president’s electoral victory, the Republican who serves as South Dakota’s top election official has endorsed a Democratic…