Tamara Grove

As South Dakota lawmakers grapple with how to effectively rehabilitate inmates in prison who are suffering with substance abuse, some are pointing to opioid settlement dollars as a possible aid.

The South Dakota Legislature and Executive branch agree something needs to change with the state’s approach to prisons and rehabilitation.

Gov. Larry Rhoden finalized the 30 people tasked to fix what many deem a broken rehabilitation system at the state’s Department of Corrections.

A bill codifying fundamental parental rights passed a House committee.

A legislative push to place the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings, or OSEUs, in every South Dakota school has died on the Senate floor.

A bill which would mandate the teaching of the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings, or OSEUs, has advanced from the Senate Education Committee.

The South Dakota senate is narrowly passing a bill to reduce the state’s felony ingestion law. South Dakota is the only state in the country with a felony charge for ingestion of a controlled substance.

South Dakota is the only state in the county with a felony level charge for ingestion of a controlled substance. A new bill reduces that charge to a misdemeanor for the first two offenses in 10 years.

With Monday marking President Donald Trumps second inauguration, tribal leaders are assessing what this means for their communities nationwide.

Republicans’ already-iron grip on the South Dakota Legislature got tighter this election.