The South Dakota House of Representatives gutted, then killed a bill that would have authorized construction to begin on the ...

Lawmakers voted 34 to 35 to reject a House bill that would have moved about $148 million from the state's general fund to an ...

The bill, if passed, would allow the state to spend about $763 million from an Incarceration Construction Fund and transfer ...

Public school districts joined county commissions and municipal governments on Thursday in carefully expressing “soft ...

Legislation to build a new men’s prison in Lincoln County is on its way to the full House of Representatives at the state ...

A group of Lincoln County landowners has fought the state’s effort and sued to prevent the project from moving forward.

A new resolution, HCR 6010, aims to create a committee to oversee development in the Black Hills and protect the area from ...

Whether a new men’s prison will be built in Lincoln County could come down to what the South Dakota House of Representatives decides on Friday. The ...

Perspectives from neighbors, policy analysts and law enforcement show division surrounding plan to build prison in rural ...

South Dakota's four-year process to address the state's correctional needs evolved into a plan to build a new men's prison on ...

Supporters Gov. Larry Rhoden and former Gov. Kristi Noem insisted the nearly 150-year-old SD State Penitentiary in Sioux ...