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Without adjusting for inflation, the new penitentiary alone amounts to the largest one-time capital investment in state history.

Early in 2023, the South Dakota Legislature budgeted $60 million for a new women’s prison in Rapid City. The state also set aside $330.9 million to start work on a

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem tells legislators that estimated costs of two new prisons could rise by more than $265 million.

Groups and individuals continue to take opposite sides of the issue when it comes to the use of eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines. The South Dakota Farm Bureau recently took a stand on carbon...

Current and former lawmakers are wondering why the state seeks to construct a new prison in Lincoln County instead of examining other options as cost estimates mount.

Rep. Jon Hansen, R-Dell Rapids, sent a letter Friday to the South Dakota Supreme Court disagreeing with the Legislature's conflict of interest brief.

Rep. Jon Hansen, R-Dell Rapids, sent a letter Friday to the South Dakota Supreme Court disagreeing with the Legislature's conflict of interest brief.

If South Dakota’s ethanol industry does not reduce the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide it emits into the atmosphere, the industry’s future is grim.

Two business colleagues are working together to achieve a consensus in the state regarding carbon pipelines. Jason Glodt is an attorney from Pierre who lobbied on behalf of Navigator regarding a proposed carbon capture pipeline...

Summit’s multi-billion-dollar project is led by Lee Blank and Chief Operating Officer Jimmy Powell.