South Dakota has received over $18 million in national opioid settlement funds since 2022, spending $3 million so far on efforts to track, treat and prevent opioid abuse in the state. It’s the ...

The legislative Government Operations and Audit Committee plans to analyze and question state agencies about alleged crimes within their departments that have come to light this summer. A former state ...

But first, they need data. Lots of data. Data housed by government agencies, hospitals and other health care facilities, drugmakers, research institutions and insurers. Two leaders with the National ...

The first meeting of the South Dakota Corrections Commission in nearly a year drew calls for transparency and accountability from commissioners, lawmakers and members of the public. Under state law, ...

U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson is taking criticism from his opponent for celebrating a water system’s progress this month, after he voted against a bill two years ago that provided some of the system’s most ...

The state’s legislative oversight committee on medical marijuana was thrust into the world of synthetic THC on Monday as members heard complaints about how loosely regulated, hemp-derived products are ...

DETROIT – Justin Roebuck can recall the exact moment that distrust of 2020 presidential election results impacted his status in the Republican Party. The top election official of Ottawa County in ...

HARRISBURG — The Harrisburg City Council rejected an agreement Tuesday evening that would allow the state to connect its proposed men’s prison to the city’s wastewater treatment facility, but a state ...

WAGNER — Oglala Sioux Tribal President Frank Star Comes Out did his best to hide his frustration. Across the table from him was the highest law enforcement official in the U.S. — and a representation ...

South Dakota State defended home field against Incarnate Word in their first contest at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium on Saturday, defeating the Cardinals 45-24. The Jackrabbits rebounded from a 44-20 loss ...

When it comes to retirement finances, Social Security plays a huge role for millions of Americans. There are exceptions for some workers, but for the most part, tens of millions of people spend their ...

South Dakota landowners enrolled almost 159,000 acres this year — nearly 250 square miles — into a federal conservation program that pays them to use management practices promoting healthy grasslands.