Last year's budget proposal for fiscal year 2025, largely adhered to by the Legislature, called for $7.3 billion in spending, ...

Flat revenue and rising Medicaid costs will likely mean smaller funding increases for education, health care providers and ...

Union Center locals are looking forward to the potential of seeing a familiar face from their small town in office.

Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden's biggest — and fleeting — brush with national fame came in 2017 when he triggered a panic alarm during a hearing to test how quickly police would arrive to support his ...

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

This week, we look at the latest on a proposed CO2 pipeline, the upcoming legislative session, and a new initiative to ...

Since 2004, South Dakota has trended politically to the right, as no Democratic candidate has won a statewide election since 2008. On the executive front, President Donald Trump announced his ...

With the second Trump administration slated to begin in two months, President-elect Donald Trump has been announcing his ...

State lawmakers from across the political spectrum are expressing confidence in Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden while he prepares to ...