Volunteers from No Limits Outreach Ministries in Hyattsville, Maryland, and the Capital Area Food Bank prepare for distribution on Oct.
Boxes of sugary cereal fill a store’s shelves on April 16, 2025, in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
The entrance to the South Dakota State Penitentiary’s East Hall. (Courtesy of South Dakota Department of Corrections) Flu shots aren’t
South Dakota Bureau of Finance and Management Commissioner Jim Terwilliger speaks to the state Senate Committee on Appropriations on Jan.
Fruit is displayed at an Anchorage grocery store. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) WASHINGTON — The near-certain freeze on key
A man approaches the Minnehaha County Treasurer’s Office in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Aug. 20, 2025, the second day
South Dakota Public Broadcasting’s logo at its downtown Sioux Falls studio. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) Private fundraising will
South Dakota Secretary of State Monae Johnson testifies before the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Appropriations on Feb. 11, 2025, at
White House border czar Tom Homan virtually delivers the keynote address at the 44th Law Enforcement Appreciation Dinner and Children’s
The U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats urged Republican leaders Wednesday to pass a
Furloughed federal workers stand in line for hours ahead of a special food distribution by the Capital Area Food Bank
RAPID CITY, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined a coalition of 19 state attorneys general urging
A woman shops at the Feeding South Florida food pantry in Pembroke Park, Fla., this month. Food banks across the
The AG trailed behind the leaders in the governor’s race, but his move to the House race appears to have paid off.
A barista prepares a coffee drink. (Nazar Abbas Photography via Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Five Republican U.S. senators joined Democrats
President Donald Trump attends inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
Federal conservation programs have helped create wildlife habitat in areas such as this land in Hanson County, South Dakota, which
“I Voted Today” stickers for Nov. 5, 2024 voters. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) A U.S. Supreme Court case
A sign with a notice of closure is seen pinned on the fence to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.,
Bananas and cereals at a grocery store in Fairfax, Virginia, on March 3, 2011. (USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.) A
Travelers move through Salt Lake International Airport in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps
Volunteers with the Rapid City-based non-profit COUP Council serve meals at the Pejuta Waste Day Center. (Courtesy of COUP Council)
PIERRE, S.D. – Jeff Monroe, a former state legislator and Republican, announced he is running for South Dakota State Treasurer,
From left, Rotarian Barry Sackett moderates a panel on food insecurity with Feeding South Dakota Executive Director Lori Dykstra, Church
Children playing with colorful wooden building blocks. (Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Funding for scores of Head Start programs hung in
Canned foods on grocery store shelves. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) WASHINGTON — The stakes of the ongoing government
During a prison work group meeting on April 2, 2025, Ryan Brunner, an adviser to South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden,
Republican voters support incumbent Gov. Larry Rhoden and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, but Doeden and Hansen are pulling in voters.
Members of the South Dakota Legislature’s Comprehensive Property Tax Task Force meet on July 16, 2025, at the Ramkota in
Buprenorphine tablets, which are used to reduce opioid withdrawal symptoms and cravings. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) The South
Protesters gather outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Fort Snelling on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, voicing opposition to
Gov. Larry Rhoden speaks on Oct. 24, 2025, at the Sioux Falls Regional Airport in South Dakota while announcing a
The U.S. Capitol building and Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., at sunset on Oct. 14, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States
Produce at a Virginia grocery store in 2011. (Photo by Lance Cheung/U.S. Department of Agriculture) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department
Social Security benefits will see a 2.8% increase in payments next year, the Social Security Administration said Friday. (Photo illustration
(Photo by Catherine McQueen/Getty Images) The minimum wage for non-tipped employees in South Dakota will increase from $11.50 per hour
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Sept. 8, 2023, at The Monument in Rapid City, South Dakota. (Photo
Jared Bossly stands with his arms crossed as fellow landowners stand with him in solidarity in the Brown County Courthouse
An excavator works to clear rubble Oct. 23, 2025 after the East Wing of the White House was demolished. The
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., talks to a reporter in the basement of the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
Demonstrators protest outside the immigration processing and detention facility this month in Broadview, Ill. President Donald Trump wants to deploy
The U.S. Department of Agriculture rolled out a new plan to help the cattle industry and lower beef prices. (Photo
Marijuana meant for South Dakota’s medical program is tagged as it dries at a Dakota Herb grow facility near Tea,
A January 2025 view of the South Dakota State Capitol in Pierre. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) A legislative task force
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters inside the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Oct. 21,
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, answers questions during a Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce event on Aug. 28,
Pine Ridge is located in southwestern South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The town has a population just
A “SNAP welcomed here” sign is seen at the entrance to a Big Lots store in Portland, Oregon. (Getty Images)
President Donald Trump speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi look on during a press
PIERRE, S.D. – The Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program in South Dakota continues to operate without interruption, the South
An Oakland, Calif., grocery store displays a sign notifying shoppers that it accepts electronic benefit transfer cards used by state
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, speaks at the Dakotafest agricultural trade show in Mitchell, South Dakota, on Aug. 20,
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building pictured on Nov. 25, 2024. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON —
A Humboldt, South Dakota, ambulance in November 2022. (Photo by John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) A group of lawmakers voted Tuesday
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington. D.C., on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — On
A wooden cross marks a grave at the Wounded Knee Memorial on the Pine Ridge Reservation. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)
By Mike Moen The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide the fate of a key part of the Voting Rights
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Rapid City Council on Monday night confirmed Mike Theis of Rapid City as the new
Warden’s office building at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls, SD (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) An Iowa prison
Older adults participate in a fall prevention event last year in Fort Worth, Tex. Medicare, the government health insurance program
Opponents of the new prison raised concerns about the “chaos” in the DOC. A former corrections officer claims he faced retribution for complaining about problems at the Jameson Prison.
South Dakota State Senate Majority Leader Casey Crabtree, R-Madison, speaks to the Senate State Affairs Committee on Feb. 5, 2024,
A crowd estimated at more than 3,000 people participates in a No Kings protest on Oct. 18, 2025, in downtown
Hundreds marched across the Arlington Memorial Bridge to the No Kings day rally in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Oct. 18,
Wayne County Airport Authority sign informing travelers it is not associated with a video being played by the Transportation Security
Participants joined the No Kings rally in Fargo, North Dakota, on June 14, 2025. (Photo by Erin Hemme Froslie/North Dakota
The E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington, D.C., home of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,
A sample ballot is on display for voters during the Nov. 5, 2024, general election in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
From left, Steve Westra of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden, Gevo CEO Patrick Gruber, Lake
An MQ-9 Reaper approaches the runway at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, April 29, 2024. The 89th Attack Squadron,
A shopper who receives SNAP benefits slides an EBT card at a checkout counter in a Washington, D.C., grocery store
A U.S. National Park Service lock keeps John Brown’s Fort shut and secured in the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Former National Security Advisor John Bolton speaks to reporters after speaking in a panel hosted by the National Council of
A sign with a notice of closure is seen pinned on the fence to the National Zoo on Oct. 12,
Sioux Falls School District students learn in a classroom. (Courtesy of Sioux Falls School District) A South Dakota board voted
Tech experts say moves by the Trump administration and social media platforms to reduce cybersecurity and content moderation online will
President Donald Trump speaks as Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel, left, and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi look
The South Dakota Department of Social Services in Pierre. (Photo by John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) A longtime South Dakota state
A sign on the entrance to the U.S. National Arboretum is seen as it is closed due to the federal
Absentee voting is available on the third floor of the Minnehaha County building in downtown Sioux Falls, South Dakota, ahead
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a Nashville press conference on July 18, 2025, to discuss arrests of
Brad Johnson hunts for pheasants with his dog, Frisco, on Conservation Reserve Program land near Brookings in 2024. (Courtesy of
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., is pictured on Oct. 8, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The
Over 260 South Dakotans colored 4,321 paper dolls to represent the number of children affected by the state’s funding reduction
Relatives and friends of hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal embrace as they learn the news of his release on Oct. 13, 2025,
A WIC child participant takes a WIC-approved product off the shelf in a grocery store in Seattle in September 2024.
Downtown Sioux Falls Rotary Club President Eric Erickson, left, discusses political discourse with David Wiltse, a South Dakota State University
A bird stands on the head of the statue “Dignity: Of Earth and Sky” on Sept. 20, 2024, near Chamberlain.
Marines assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon congratulate newly promoted Gunnery Sgt. Nathan Cox, platoon sergeant, during
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Andrew Enriquez, right, public affairs specialist, 113th Wing, District of Columbia National Guard, and U.S.
Antitrust experts say the new administration’s hands-off approach to tech regulation could gain the president the loyalty of tech executives
A June 2025 view of Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota’s Black Hills. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight) South Dakota
Clockwise from top left are screenshots from the social media accounts of state House Speaker Jon Hansen, Aberdeen businessman Toby
BOX ELDER, SD — Emmett Reistoffer is a longtime South Dakotan and one of the founders of Genesis Farms, a
Protesters rally outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on Feb. 5,
Members of the South Dakota Legislature’s Comprehensive Property Tax Task Force meet on July 16, 2025, at the Ramkota in
PIERRE, S.D. – Today, Governor Larry Rhoden and 22 fellow Republican governors issued a statement urging Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
A September 2025 view of Drumgoon Dairy, which Dorothy and Rodney Elliott opened in 2006 near Lake Norden, South Dakota.
A man closes the entrance to Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine on Oct. 3 in Baltimore because of
Members of the Texas National Guard are seen at the Elwood Army Reserve Training Center on Oct. 7, 2025 in
