Inflation, turnover, minimal increases in state aid to education, and pay raises absorbed by non-teaching staff: Those are the reasons for South Dakota’s lagging teacher pay, according to education ...

States with confirmed bird flu infections of dairy cattle include Kansas, Idaho, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota and Texas.

The program is a $200 million pool of state/federal money designed to ease the burden of high inflation for homebuilders in a state with a high need for workforce housing.

“This is an unfunded mandate being placed on nursing homes,” said Tammy Hatting, chief operating officer of the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations.

Red Lobster has abruptly closed dozens of restaurants across the country, but Sioux Falls' location at the Empire Mall will remain open. A look at the restaurant chain's website reveals 87 stores ...

Southeastern South Dakota is under an extreme heat warning for July 27, according to the National Weather Service. The warning, which includes the Sioux Empire, goes from noon to 8 p.m., the alert ...

The South Dakota Department of Human Services recently awarded $2 million in grants for technology and equipment in the long-term care industry, which has been afflicted with closures and staffing ...

Chronic absenteeism among South Dakota students jumped from 14% during the 2018-2019 school year to 21% during the 2022-2023 school year.

A bill that would allow Native Americans in South Dakota to register to vote using their tribal identification cards passed the Senate State Affairs Committee unanimously on Wednesday in Pierre.

It's not just heat impacting South Dakota this week. Sioux Falls is in line for some extreme weather tonight, July 28, with the chance of a wind gusts reaching 80 mph or greater or the system evolving ...

State trust lands, which are managed by state agencies, generate millions of dollars for public schools, universities, penitentiaries, hospitals, and other state institutions.

MARION — 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. That’s according to two top ...