A South Dakota House committee has killed a bill that would have ended the death penalty in the state. The House Judiciary Committee sent house to the 41st day Wednesday - defeated on a 10-to-1 vote. Representative Tim Reisch of Howard introduced the bill South Dakota currently has one inmate on death row.

The South Dakota Senate on Wednesday again rejected Sen. Chris Karr's plan to make the temporary 4.2% sales tax permanent. After a 17-17 tie on Tuesday, the bill failed 16-17 on reconsideration. The defeat leaves the rate scheduled to return to 4.5% in July 2027. Sen. Red Dawn Foster, who supported the bill Tuesday, sw...

The Rapid City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved $44 million in Vision Fund money to expand the Rapid City Regional Airport terminal. The project will add five gates to ease crowding during peak travel times. The $44 million local commitment is required for the airport to secure federal funding. Councilman Rod Pe...

Day four of testimony in the trial for a 2022 Surfwood Drive double homicide focused on an accomplice's account and largely inconclusive DNA evidence. Chase Quick Bear, who took a plea deal, testified he thought the group planned to "beat up" Joseph Standing Bear and Petan Milk over gang tensions but said Mon...

A proposal to impose a one‑year moratorium on building or expanding hyperscale data centers failed in the Senate State Affairs Committee Wednesday. Sen. Taffy Howard's bill, SB 232, first saw a failed "do pass" motion, followed by a 4-4 tie on a motion to send it to the 41st Day. After debate over whether a...

U.S. military commanders have informed the White House that forces in the Middle East could have a "potential strike window" as early as this Saturday...

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright conducted a high-stakes assessment of Venezuela's oil infrastructure this week, marking a seismic shift in the ener...

The Pentagon accelerated a strategic military buildup in the Middle East this week, positioning high-level naval and air assets as Washington increase...

Investigators provided a major update Monday in the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, as a forensic breakthrough has shifted the focus of th...

At the Munich Security Conference, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told European leaders the United States and Europe remain bound by history, culture,...