Currently four South Dakota counties have that equipment. The grants would cover 60 other counties that don’t, including those handling elections for Todd and Oglala Lakota counties. Minnehaha ...

South Dakota’s $825 million prison project in rural Lincoln County faces legislative and legal hurdles as the proposed site and price tag come under fire.

Legislation that would require school districts to hold local elections on every proposed excess tax levy and every proposed ...

The Senate passed a bill requiring schools to take cash as payment for school events, similar to a bill that was killed in ...

"Common sense is not so common up here anymore, which results in poor bills getting out of committee and debated on the floor ...

In some advertisements leading up to the election, anti-abortion groups said South Dakota’s laws may need to be changed — a possible reference to the lack of exceptions for a mother’s health ...

The Senate sent legislation to the House that would add language to state law and the state constitution saying it’s illegal for noncitizens to vote in South Dakota elections. Federal law ...

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Frustrations over the permit approval for a pipeline in North Dakota has led some lawmakers to propose change to the makeup ...

November’s election ushered in only two women to serve ... As of the counts the center had finished in mid-December, South Dakota and New Hampshire elected far more new women.

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Cast vote records and ballot images captured by automated tabulating machines in future South Dakota elections would become public records under a proposal moving forward ...