South Dakota Government News

Job seekers who walk into one of the 700 recruitment centers run by the Manpower company around the United States soon may be asked a question that has nothing to do with their professional qualifications: "How do you feel about moving to South Dakota?" The reason is a partnership that South Dakota's governor, Dennis Daugaard, is pursuing with the ... (more)

Tax filing season often comes with tax scams, and South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is warning taxpayers to beware of fake emails saying they come from the IRS.

Amid a push to expand South Dakota’s fledgling oil and gas industry, state lawmakers have a message for energy companies that use the controversial drilling technique of hydraulic fracturing: Come and get it.

A legislator-led initiative to introduce a new state flag proved one thing: South Dakotans have passion, and push the right button, they will speak up and let you know just how crazy an idea is.

The ACLU highlights just one story from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, one story that demonstrates the plight of hundreds of voters in the state.

North and South Dakotans are used to people getting their states mixed up, but you would think a veteran national journalist would do his homework before interviewing Sen.

GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum has had a successful week. The former Pennsylvania senator is fresh off of winning the Colorado and Minnesota caucuses, as well as the Missouri primary.

The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation has training funds available to help unemployed workers upgrade their occupational skills or learn new skills.

Not only are we keeping Native American South Dakotans from voting early, our county and State governments are trying to keep more of them from voting at all: Currently before the South Dakota legislature is HB 1247, a bill which will substantially change the voting rights of those with criminal convictions.

By the end of the year, Eric Robert and Rodney Berget probably will be dead. The same judge has now sentenced both inmates to death by lethal injection for murdering Corrections Officer Ronald “R.J.” Johnson as he covered a co-worker’s shift on his 63rd birthday, then using his uniform to try to escape from prison.

Forty-nine-year-old Rodney Berget, who is already serving two life sentences, is now preparing for his execution.

Unpaid child support owed by parents with children in South Dakota has jumped almost $20 million the past two years despite the state’s reputation for being among the nation’s best at collecting such payments.

The oil boom in western North Dakota has been great news for the state, but also lent itself to inflation and higher crime.

The state Legislature had two opportunities to make South Dakota roads safer, but opted against taking such a course with decisions.

The state Legislature had two opportunities to make South Dakota roads safer, but opted against taking such a course with decisions.

For many years, South Dakotans turned to extension educators to answer questions on anything from canning fruits and vegetables to making a budget.

For more than a year now, we have been talking about the potential for an oil boom in the northwest corner of South Dakota.

A team of South Dakota business people on a mission trip in the Dominican Republic went to build a church.

Recently, my rent was raised $5 per month, my groceries are higher, and my phone bill is up, too.

Technical issues have prompted the state to extend by 10 days the license plate renewal period for individuals whose vehicle license plates or temporary plate permits were up for renewal by Jan.