It's been a good year for South Dakota's Attorney General. Lawmakers passed six bills he championed that will toughen up the ...

The South Dakota Legislature saw a higher than ... Wasko previously said the new prison would cost the state about $55.4 million annually for operations and personnel services — $21.6 million ...

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.

Anyone who expected the Republican colleagues to be in lockstep regarding the state prison project, however, hasn’t been paying attention to party politics in South Dakota. Mortenson ...

A Buffalo County woman found guilty of kicking a four-year-old boy to death has lost an appeal to be released from prison.

Cameron Monte Smith, 50, a Canadian citizen, was sentenced to U.S. prison for destroying two energy facilities in North ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — On Monday, the South Dakota House denied reconsideration of a bill that would allocate funds to build a new state men’s prison. South Dakota’s current men’s ...

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden has signed a bill that will loosen his state’s felony ingestion statutes, which are among the ...

The abortion pill is two medications, mifepristone and misoprostol, and is generally taken no later than 12 weeks into a pregnancy.

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden was successful in passing his property tax measure, but he was unable to find enough support for the state's $825 million prison project. Growing anti-pipeline ...

Meanwhile, South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden had his own ... an appropriation meant to fill a funding gap for the state Department of Corrections project. After the bill died on a 34-35 vote, there ...