PIERRE — A proposal to allow charter schools in the state lost Thursday on a tie vote in the South Dakota Senate and failed on reconsideration Friday, after narrowly advancing out of a Senate ...

Gov. Larry Rhoden proposed using $30 million of that transferred money to offer interest-free loans of up to $15 million each ...

Two contradictory bills met different fates on Tuesday at the Capitol in Pierre as South Dakota lawmakers continued to wrestle with the best way to provide tax relief.

The South Dakota Supreme Court has determined that the Lieutenant Governor does have the constitutional authority to cast a ...

A bill that would keep South Dakota’s sales tax at its temporarily reduced rate stalled in the Senate with a 17-17 tie vote that the lieutenant governor did not break, amid an ongoing challenge to his ...

South Dakota lawmakers advanced a bill to allow charter schools in a 4-3 vote. The proposal would authorize publicly-funded, ...

WASHINGTON DC – Five US states, Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Nebraska, and South Dakota, have proclaimed January 26, 2026, as the Republic Day of India, marking the 77th anniversary of the adoption of ...

Smithfield Foods is moving its Sioux Falls pork plant to a new $1.3 billion facility by 2028, freeing up 120 acres downtown for redevelopment.

Smithfield Foods Inc. announced Monday it has “initiated the approval process to build a new state-of-the-art packaged meats and fresh pork processing facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.” In the ...

What happens when a billionaire helps to buy a pork plant? Here's what we know about the proposed Sanford District taking over Smithfield's old campus.

City and state officials announced Monday that Smithfield Foods will build a new plant in northwestern Sioux Falls, freeing ...