A bill that would close a campaign finance loophole allowing unlimited funds into a campaign is headed to the governor’s desk ...

Supporters said the cut would undermine public safety, government transparency, education, high school activities and local ...

Outside the sky was bright blue with sunshine and the air a brisk 20 degrees. Inside the South Dakota Capitol, hundreds of ...

Four of South Dakota’s past heads of the State Library are taking a stand against an attempt by the Noem-Rhoden ...

A record 13 women had been serving as governor this year. But many state constitutions still presume officeholders will be ...

In Pierre, the changing of the guard became official on Saturday as Larry Rhoden took the oath of office to become the 34th ...

PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota Broadcasters Association) - Governor Larry Rhoden has signed legislation to end Pierre’s decades-long headache.

Kristi Noem, South Dakota's firebrand Republican governor, faced questioning Friday at her confirmation hearing to be secretary of homeland security. Noem, the daughter of a farmer and a former ...

Rhoden, 65, served as the state's lieutenant governor of South Dakota from 2019 until Saturday when former Gov. Kristi Noem resigned the office after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the ...

The Senate did vote Wednesday to advance another Jackley-backed transparency bill, Senate Bill 61, which seeks to strengthen ...

Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden speaks with a constituent at the state Capitol on Jan. 13, 2025. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight) It wouldn’t be ...

It’s clear the groundswell of support has come from Noem’s administration, Republican leaders in the capitol and more ...