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

Now that a task force has unanimously recommended a new 1,500-bed men’s state prison that can last 100 years be built in the ...

The Project Prison Reset board met July 8 for its final meeting to choose from a pared-down list of potential sites for a new ...

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

This year's event features over 1,800 competitors from 43 states, Mexico and Canada. South Dakota will be well-represented ...

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 ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Vice President JD Vance made an unannounced visit to Mt. Rushmore Thursday. The vice president was ...

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

The 250-statue National Garden of American Heroes, originally set for completion in July 2026, should be finished “during” ...