Budget reckoning looms as Gov. Kristi Noem talks tax cuts and discipline
FY 2025 budget of $7.38 billion is 57% higher than FY 2020 thanks to COVID cash: 'Pull that out of our budget and see what happens.'
Stu Whitney
Open primaries in South Dakota has early support: Poll
Nearly half of South Dakota voters support a proposed constitutional amendment to establish “top-two” open primaries for most political races, a News Watch poll shows
Sioux Falls lawyer favored as federal judge nominee
The long process of filling 2 seats has been complicated by the lack of a Democratic Party standard-bearer in South Dakota
Abortion amendment draws mixed support: SD poll
Survey conducted by South Dakota News Watch and the Chiesman Center for Democracy shows that neither side of the constitutional amendment abortion debate has the majority.
SD Labor Department to cut job services staff, close offices
Brookings, Winner and Madison offices will close and several others will see job cuts and reduced hours. State senator wants a meeting with the Labor secretary.
Remembering Honor: A year after blizzard ravaged Rosebud, boy's death raises questions
Honor Beauvais stopped breathing on the night of Dec. 15, 2022, and emergency crews couldn't reach him through the winter storm. His death on the Rosebud Indian Reservation has come to encapsulate the challenges and failures of the disaster response.
'Freedom' not enough to fill South Dakota jobs: Local business leaders say there are hurdles with campaign
Economic development groups helped fund Gov. Noem's 'Freedom Works Here' campaign. They're also doing the heavy lifting of recruiting workers to the state.