There’s nothing approaching fraud or waste in this. Every dollar will be used to do something good for the Black Hills.” ...

Visitor spending topped $5 billion last year and supports 9% of the workforce, or nearly 59,000 jobs, many of them smaller ...

"A prison, like a jail, is a necessary government function, and it must be located somewhere," a state circuit judge ruled.

Questions remain about Zander Zephier's death, including the use of pepper spray and the decision to enter the house without more negotiation.

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Has South Dakota soured on direct democracy? The answer to that question will be partly answered during the 2025 legislative session, as Republican lawmakers continue a recent trend of trying to ...

CANTON, S.D. – It was early October of 2023 when Tom Eiesland learned that the land he farmed for more than four decades was slated to become a prison. Located at the corner of 278th Street and 477th ...

South Dakota's four-year process to address the state's correctional needs evolved into a plan to build a new men's prison on 160 acres of farmland in Lincoln County between Harrisburg and Canton, ...

A growing number of South Dakotans continue to work past retirement age. In 2018, a quarter of South Dakotans 65 and older were in the labor force. Five years later, that number climbed to 29%, above ...