As more polls and strategists indicate Democrats could take over congressional majorities in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate in January, some anti-abortion advocates fear a…

President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that feature him ahead of the midterm elections.

Former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday defended before a U.S. Senate panel his past investigations of President Donald Trump.

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

The Trump administration must spend the $810 million that it said last week it planned to cancel, according to a report released Tuesday.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted, for now, the Trump administration’s request to continue rapid third-country deportation.

Most judges on a federal appeals court seemed inclined to allow a federal judge to continue investigating Trump officials.

CNN, MS Now and Politico asked a federal judge to extend an order allowing them to access the White House.

Advocates say the business of buying homes for cash can confuse vulnerable homeowners and rob them of home equity.

During their second and last debate of the 2026 election season, the two canddiates for governor clashed on education, health care, and more.

A bipartisan measure to overhaul the college sports landscape was on track to pass the U.S. Senate on Monday evening.

Small businesses will once again challenge President Donald Trump’s tariffs in federal court this week as they continue to feel the squeeze.

President Donald Trump’s sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn’t produced large purges.

The challenges and dire threats surrounding the unchecked growth of artificial intelligence appear unlikely to move Congress.

The adjutant general of the South Dakota National Guard encouraged a “full-throated” case for bringing newer Air Force jets to the city.

The Trump administration is using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress.

As physicians continue to navigate care for patients with complex pregnancies in states with abortion bans, a group of maternal-fetal medicine specialists has developed new guidelines to help…

When fire commanders try to figure out how to contain a major wildfire, the last thing you might expect them to deploy is a herd of beef cattle.

The average payout per legislator was more than $26,000 during the last fiscal year after accounting for mileage, living expenses and travel.

Recent events have some South Dakota Republicans questioning the integrity of “election integrity” enthusiast Monae Johnson.

An appeals panel seemed inclined to agree that more than 100 Venezuelan men the Trump administration sent to a brutal prison in El Salvador are entitled to due process hearings.

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.

Government investigators Thursday released a report that found the Department of Homeland Security wasted more than $20 million.

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…

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…

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…