South Dakota’s lone member of the U.S. House, Dusty Johnson, has announced that he is entering the race to become South ...

The Journal talked with S.D. Rep. Dusty Johnson about finally taking the leap to run for governor, whether or not he's made ...

Some South Dakota lawmakers are trying to find out why so many men and women are in the state’s overcrowded prisons. The ...

South Dakota rose to 47th place in 2017, but dropped back to 48th in 2018, 50th in 2019, 49th in 2020 and 49th in 2021. Six of the review board’s members are state legislators.

Legislative staff removed addresses, cities of residence and ZIP codes from lawmakers’ profile pages and from downloadable ...

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden called for flags at the State Capitol in Pierre to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on June 14 in honor of Hortman and her husband.

Fargo artist Nancy Ness will have her abstract paintings on display at the North Dakota State Capitol through August. The paintings, about 21 and include acrylic art with mixed media artworks ...

Senate grapples with President Trump's sweeping tax and spending measure awaiting key vote. Uncertainty lingers as VP JD ...

The GOP-led Senate agreed to begin a floor debate likely to go overnight and end with a final vote. The outcome still remains ...

For more than 18 hours the Senate has been in what's called vote-a-rama, fending off proposed amendments mostly from ...

What started as a routine, but laborious day of amendment voting, in a process called vote-a-rama, spiraled into an almost ...

Iowa made history today as the first state to actively remove a previously protected class from its civil rights law, ...