John Thune’s victory on a secret-ballot continued the long tradition, in both parties, of elevating small-state senators to ...

President-elect Donald Trump wants to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and one of his supporters in the U.S. Senate ...

Rounds said he can pass the bill with 50 votes through reconciliation, which is a way to enact legislation on taxes and ...

Larry Rhoden has been serving as Kristi Noem's lieutenant governor. He'll inherit a tougher budget environment than she had.

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is set to lead the Senate as majority leader in the new Congress, after Republicans flipped ...

South Dakota’s US Senators honored the late Tim Johnson with a resolution that passed unanimously in the Senate chamber.

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota) introduced the “Returning Education to Our States Act” to the Senate on Thursday afternoon, ...

Summit Carbon Solutions submitted a new application last week to the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission ... the ...

After 18 years of Mitch McConnell, Senate Republicans officially have a new top dog: South Dakota Senator John Thune will ...

Before the Senate, Thune represented in the House, worked as the executive director of the South Dakota Republican Party and ...

The journey of U.S. Sen. John Thune to new Senate majority leader began 20 years ago in one of the hardest fought, ...