Advocates say changes within South Dakota’s prison system can’t come soon enough, but the impact of any changes won’t be fully seen for years.

Several plots of land could be annexed by the Black Hills city of Piedmont. It’s the latest effort activists and city leadership say could slow a seemingly imminent mine near the city.

The state’s School Finance Accountability Board is maintaining its position after lawmakers rejected its recommended sanctions on the Frederick Area and Miller School Districts a couple weeks ago.

The state Housing Authority is conducting the Point-In-Time, or PIT, Survey just after the new year. The goal is to get the most accurate tally of South Dakota’s unhoused population.

South Dakota Highway Patrol saturation patrols in Belle Fourche, Huron, and Yankton led to dozens of arrests.

Some South Dakota agriculture producers aren’t expecting much from recently announced federal relief dollars.

The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act. It now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk for a signature.

One of the major aspects of Gov. Larry Rhoden’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget proposal is an uptick in the state’s budget reserves, due in part to the decline in federal funding some expect from the Trump Administration.

The Attorney General has issued a cease and desist letter for Mayday Health, an organization utilizing an ad campaign to link South Dakotans to abortion resources.

With an aid package brewing in Washington, a Midwest economist foresees a complicated beginning to the new year in farm country.