Proposals to restrict citizen-initiated ballot measures have cleared the South Dakota Legislature, and some are awaiting the ...

Summit Carbon Solutions’ plan to build a pipeline across five states included the right to use eminent domain in some states.

A suite of changes passed by the legislature toughen signature requirements and raise the vote threshold for changing the state constitution to 60 percent.

South Dakota legislators passed a bill that would allow concealed guns in bars. It's now sitting on the governor's desk, ...

Here's a look at some of the major bills that made it to Gov. Larry Rhoden's desk — and those that didn't — this year.

Two guys walk into a bar in South Dakota. Come July 1, the punchline is that they could legally bring concealed pistols with ...

President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at expanding educational choice could provide an alternative to Native ...

Violent tornadoes ripped through several areas of Mississippi on Saturday, killing at least three people and damaging several ...

Rhoden signed the following 10 economic opportunity bills into law: SB 24 revises provisions relating to the promulgation of rules to set licensing and inspection fees for plumbers and related ...

The Republican-dominated North Dakota Senate rejected House Concurrent Resolution 3013 on Thursday evening, killing the resolution by a vote of 16-31. Legislators spent less than 10 minutes debating ...

Federal wildland firefighters secured a permanent pay raise Friday after years of waiting for Congress to answer their plea.

February 7, 2025: South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden will sign his first bill into law this morning (Feb. 7, 2025). Rhoden will sign Senate Bill 7, which bans sanctuary cities in the state. He’ll sign ...