South Dakota Implements Age Verification Law for Adult Content** In a significant move for parental rights and child protection, South Dakota has enacted legislation requiring age verification for ...

South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden is making stops in Philip, Wall, Midland and at the 1880 Town today (July 10, 2025) as ...

Rhoden’s office referenced a state law passed last year banning agricultural land ownership by six foreign governments. Former Governor and current Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also ...

Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee may be in the rarest — and riskiest — position an incumbent can find himself in: the most ...

The South Dakota political landscape has changed a bit since I last occupied this space in the newspaper. Dusty Johnson, the ...

Medicaid, a program jointly run by states and the federal government, covers more than 70 million low-income or disabled people, including nearly half of the nation’s children.

With his wife, Second Lady Usha Vance, and their children, Vice President JD Vance celebrated America's 249th birthday at the ...

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson’s entry into the 2026 race for South Dakota governor launches ...

The “Make America Beautiful Again” executive order represents a rare instance of President Donald Trump elevating ...

JD Vance met up with South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden at Mount Rushmore ahead of the Independence Day holiday. On a post on ...