South Dakota’s incarceration rate of 370 per 100,000 people is an outlier in the Upper Midwest. Neighbors Minnesota and North Dakota have rates of under 250 per 100,000 people, ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Two years after approving a tough-on-crime sentencing law, South Dakota is scrambling to deal with the price tag for that legislation: Housing thousands of additional ...

The Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota has declared a public safety state of emergency on its reservation, asking for more law enforcement resources from the federal government. It's the tribe's ...

MADISON, S.D. — Dakota State University hasn’t experienced the student protests taking place at other U.S. colleges. Nestled in rural South Dakota, most of the nearly 4,000 students have been ...

The one thing he and the more than 624,000 registered voters in South Dakota haven’t seen is a Black U.S. Senator from the state. At least not yet. Beaudion is hoping to change that in the 2026 ...

South Dakota regulators denied Summit Carbon Solutions' application for a carbon dioxide pipeline, citing an unviable route due to landowner opposition and eminent domain restrictions.

South Dakota CIO and Bureau of Information and Technology Commissioner Madhu Gottumukkala will be leaving the state to take on a cybersecurity role within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

South Dakota’s Public Utility Commission has denied Summit Carbon Solutions (SCS) LLC’s route permit application for its 18-million tonne/year Midwest Carbon Express carbon capture and ...

South Dakota is a crucial part of the 2,500-mile pipeline, estimated to cost $8.9 billion. The pipeline would transport carbon emissions from ethanol plants in Iowa, Minnesota, ...

Regulators in South Dakota on Tuesday denied Summit Carbon Solutions' permit application to run about 700 miles (1126 km) of its carbon dioxide pipeline through the state, the second time the ...

South Dakota's hemp acreage increased 22% in 2024, solidifying its position as a leading hemp producer. Texas saw a dramatic 1,860% increase in planted hemp acreage, but harvested significantly less.