South Dakota leads the nation in female incarceration. A new $87M women’s prison in Rapid City aims to expand rehabilitation ...

Larry Rhoden's first budget address as governor of South Dakota is in the books. Read a transcript of the speech here.

About 338 of every 100,000 women are behind bars in the state. Officials say the new facility could finally curb the nation’s ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Gov. Larry Rhoden on Thursday toured the nearly completed Rapid City women’s prison and used the visit to ...

Gov. Rhoden presented his first recommended budget for South Dakota's fiscal year 2027 at the State Capitol Building.

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: Lower birth rates and more alternative schooling are a ...

Governor Larry Rhoden will deliver his 2025 Budget Address to the South Dakota Legislature live from the South Dakota House ...

After several years of revenue surpluses that allowed for spending increases and ambitious government projects, the state of ...

Our economic growth may have slowed, but we’re comparing that to the fastest growth that South Dakota has ever seen.” ...

Rhoden pointed to a larger time frame, as funding over the past eight years has been 6.2% ahead of what was required.

South Dakota’s rate of home-schooled students increased 143% from 2015-16 to 2023-24, according to a database compiled by ...