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A Senate committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would give landlords more time to return security deposits, a change supporters said reflects real-world repair delays while keeping strict tenant prote...

Two bills aimed at easing staffing pressures on South Dakota ambulance services advanced Tuesday from the House Health and Human Services Committee, with supporters saying the measures clarify liabili...

South Dakota's Pennington County has agreed to stop jailing people who can't afford the daily fees tied to the state's 24/7 Sobriety Program. The decision comes as part of a federal classaction settle...

A proposal to change how South Dakota distributes money from its main economic development fund stalled Friday after a tied vote in the Senate State Affairs Committee. Senate Bill 1, which would revis...

Lawmakers questioned Friday whether South Dakota's ambulance services can remain viable amid aging equipment, reliance on volunteers, and limited reimbursement during a Senate Health and Human Service...

Gov. Larry Rhoden on Thursday signed an executive order establishing formal guidelines for how his administration will award and oversee grants from South Dakota's Future Fund, a long-running economic...

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill Thursday that would increase criminal penalties for drugs inside South Dakota prisons, despite pointed warnings that tougher sentences could worsen addic...

Rosebud Sioux Tribe President Kathleen Woodenknife used this year's State of the Tribes address to press South Dakota lawmakers for structural changes in how the state works with tribal governments, w...

A Spearfish woman has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for her role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy operating across western South Dakota. Sindy Richards, 35, received the sent...

South Dakota Chief Justice Steven Jensen used his 2026 State of the Judiciary address on Tuesday to signal long-term structural changes in indigent defense and criminal case processing, while stopping...