Two death penalty cases in South Dakota will take center stage in different courtrooms this week. South Dakota’s Attorney General Marty Jackley will make appearances in both of them; one in state court and the other in federal.

Four measures intended to discourage corruption in state government and provide protection for state employees who blow the whistle are advancing in the South Dakota Legislature. Three will be up for final legislative approval on Thursday from the state House of Representatives.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - On Friday, the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office released its 2024 crime report, which showed a slight increase in overall crime.

Marty Jackley joined two dozen other attorneys general in a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune to close a loophole in the federal laws on drugs closely related to fentanyl.

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley released the Crime in South Dakota 2024 Report on Friday. Overall, it shows that the number of reported criminal offenses went up by 1.21% in 2024. The total number of criminal offenses statewide was 67,959. That’s just over 800 more reports compared to 2023.

Abe Joseph Boushee, 43, was identified as the man who died following a standoff with law enforcement in Brandon that lasted at least five hours, according to a release from South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and the Division of Criminal ...

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced Friday that the overall number of reported criminal offenses reported statewide in 2024 increased 1.21 percent compared to 2023.

Hudson Wheeler, a South Middle School teacher, was arrested Feb. 3 and charged with one felony count of threatening or intimidating a person holding statewide office, after being tracked by

South Dakota is part of a lawsuit filed by Texas and several other states that targets section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1974. It requires organizations

Opponents say labeling law for AI is a first step to ‘weaponize’ government against free speech, but committee endorses bill

House lawmakers voted 49-21 Wednesday afternoon to segregate restrooms in state-owned facilities such as the Capitol, prisons, university buildings and public schools by sex assigned at birth.

PIERRE, S.D. (KFGO) – Reported crime in South Dakota is up 1.21% according to the state’s 2024 crime report. Violent crime reports are up 2.53%. Attorney General Marty Jackley says there were 67,959 reported crimes, compared to 67,145 in 2023.