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A legislative push to place the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings, or OSEUs, in every South Dakota school has died on the Senate floor.

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

Three recently laid-off federal employees are sharing their experiences losing their jobs and discussing the potential impact of cuts on South Dakota.

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.

Dakota Wesleyan University is launching a new nursing program in Sioux Falls.

Total crime rose by 1.2% year-over-year. Serious crimes, including sex offenses and aggravated assault, rose by 2.5 percent.

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.

Authorities say quick work by staff helped ease a volatile situation after a fuel tank explosion at the Watertown airport.