The Latest Breaking News from South Dakota

One of the strictest plans was announced at Mount Rushmore and Badlands National Park, where tour flights will be banned from getting within a half mile of the South Dakota sites starting in April.

Voter drive

For years, the the massive mostly-intact dinosaur skeleton that came to be known as Sue the T-rex was at the center of a legal battle

There's a 17-mile stretch of motoring heaven that meanders near the famous monument in western South Dakota. This Cayman owns it.

The leader of a South Dakota tribe says he will declare a state of emergency on a reservation because of rampant crime including gun violence, drug offenses and rapes

A South Dakota law professor who typically teaches torts and natural resources is turning his attention to Taylor Swift next semester

West Virginia senator announces he will not run for office and will instead work to ‘mobilize the middle’ next year

The American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota is suing the state of South Dakota over a law that restricts content on vanity plates

Welcome to the Wednesday, November 1, Brew. 

Thanks to a rabble-rousing, socialist priest, it’s a milestone year for direct democracy in the U.S. The practice of citizen-originated ballot measures began 125 years ago when South Dakota became the first state to have them

Maine voters will decide on a ballot initiative next month to ban foreign governments, or entities with at least 5% foreign government ownership or control, from spending money to influence ballot measures or candidate elections. If approved, Maine would join California, Colorado, Maryland, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Washington…