Statehouse

Eminent domain has been a major issue in South Dakota for years as companies look to lay pipelines across the state, and property owners lands. One bill has narrowly escaped the Senate and highlights the divides between camps.

A bill allowing certain electric bicycles on the Mickelson Trail in the Black Hills is advancing in Pierre.

The House Ag and Natural Resources Committee passes a bill allowing state entities to cooperate with Native tribes’ livestock theft investigations.

The future of a new, 1,500-bed men’s prison near Sioux Falls is in serious doubt following actions taken by the South Dakota state legislature on Monday. Some state lawmakers want another look at options to alleviate overcrowding in the prison system.

A House committee rejected a bill permitting the state to invest in bitcoin.

A bill aiming to legislate which bathrooms the public can use spurs a protest in downtown Rapid City.

South Dakota House lawmakers are gridlocked over constructing a men’s prison near Sioux Falls.

The bill limits schools, counties and municipalities from raising taxes by 2.5 percent or inflation—whichever is less. Current law is three percent.

South Dakota House lawmakers are removing defense protections for librarians and educational institutions if obscene material ends up in the hands of minors.

The fate of a constructing a new men’s prison near Sioux Falls faces its biggest vote yet. The South Dakota House is set to vote on authorizing the project Friday afternoon.