During the 2024 campaign Donald Trump called FBI data showing a decline in crime "fake" and claimed crime was “through the ...

Republican lawmakers in the last week have started circulating three proposals they say would be more effective in curbing ...

The GOP lawmakers said the power has been “abused” by governors to “twist legislation" into "something that is unrecognizable ...

Although officially nonpartisan, state Supreme Court candidates line up with either the Democratic or Republican parties in ...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and will lead the Department of Homeland Security ...

A $50 million appropriation to advance new literacy teaching programs has remained unspent because of a dispute between ...

A bill in Congress would allow victims of felonies committed by undocumented immigrants to sue localities that don't ...

Seth is editor-in-chief of South Dakota Searchlight. He was previously a supervising senior producer for South Dakota Public ...

Bipartisan collaboration will be necessary for Evers to accomplish his priorities, but Republican lawmakers were mostly ...

Each session the Assembly Speaker has the responsibility for determining the number of members per committee and ratios of ...

Sen. John Jagler, Rep. Robert Wittke and Rep. Todd Novak say the bill is needed to “reinstate” high academic standards in ...

Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel has touted the endorsement of the Chippewa County Sheriff, who has been accused of ...