Two Legislative District 18 lawmakers want to see improvements to South Dakota’s prison system but not through the ...
Sen. Chris Karr of Sioux Falls shepharding “three big, beautiful bills" intended to bring more legislative oversight of ...
The fight to secure legislative approval for an $825 million men’s prison is lost for now, Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden conceded on Thursday.
Rhoden also signed HB 1118, which prohibits the award or use of state moneys for the research, production, promotion, sale, ...
Republican Lt. Gov. Tony Venhuizen told lawmakers at the state Capitol that federal support for Medicaid expansion could decline.
Lincoln County might not be the site of a new prison after all. But that won’t be decided until this summer. Gov. Larry ...
Citing discussions with South Dakota’s congressional delegation, Lt. Gov. Tony Venhuizen said federal support for Medicaid ...
Citing his discussions with South Dakota’s congressional delegation, Republican Lt. Gov. Tony Venhuizen told lawmakers at the state Capitol that federal support for Medicaid expansion could decline.
South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden announced Thursday he will form a task force on a new men’s prison after a proposal for a ...
"We also have several bills that are on the same subject that may conflict with each other," writes first-term State Rep.
Populist groups touting landowner rights have become a rising political force in South Dakota, with the massive rural prison project one of their top concerns. Rhoden must balance those objections ...
"A prison, like a jail, is a necessary government function, and it must be located somewhere," a state circuit judge ruled.