The bill was brought by Piedmont Republican Sen. John Carley. He said nothing short of hand counting every ballot in South Dakota will definitively satisfy his election security concerns.

It would allow the Secretary of State, local auditors, or even individual registered voters to file an application challenging an individual right to vote case.

Gov. Larry Rhoden signed a bill aimed at reducing crashes involving an infamous Pierre bridge.

A Black Hills mining company says it’s found a “robust” potential deposit of minerals in the northern Black Hills.

South Dakota lawmakers are advancing one measure aimed at easing medical debt while rejecting another.

A bill which would mandate the teaching of the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings, or OSEUs, has advanced from the Senate Education Committee.

Another bill seeking to use public dollars to fund private and alternative education has advanced from committee in Pierre. This time though, it comes in the form of tax credits to fund alternative education.

A House Education is narrowly passing a bill requiring public and private school staff disclose to parents if their child expresses quote “gender confusion” or “dysphoria.”

A bill updating voter registration residency requirements advances out of the House State Affairs Committee.

South Dakota House lawmakers are rejecting a proposal to require schools display the Ten Commandments in schools. It was the last step before the Senate bill would reach the governor’s desk.