Jobs across the United States rose by 29,000 in September, a disappointing result as recent growth was also revised down.

A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors cannot, for a second time, charge former Olympic canoeist David Hearn.

The backers of a South Dakota ballot measure accused their opponents this week of misleading voters this week.

The new law criminalizes dispensing, distribution and advertising abortion pills and other abortion-related items.

This summer, arrests of immigrants in the United States soared to the highest levels since President Donald Trump returned to office.

The two candidates for South Dakota governor recently met for a final debate before the general election. Host Meghan O’Brien has a recap.

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…

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.

From South Dakota Searchlight | Shining a light on South Dakota

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…