"How is a new lieutenant governor selected? Well, Gov. Rhoden selects who he wants. However, the person has to be approved by ...

Larry Rhoden has been serving as Kristi Noem's lieutenant governor. He'll inherit a tougher budget environment than she had.

The unknowns are the most concerning pieces of the puzzle currently,” said Heath Larson, the Associated School Boards of ...

Others describe the 65-year-old, operates a custom welding business producing cattle brands, as a true western South Dakota rancher. In his photo on the governor's office website, he wears a ...

Homeland security secretary. Interior secretary. Senate majority leader. As it stands, each of these roles is slated to be filled next year by politicians hailing from North or South Dakota ...

behind only South Dakota and Vermont, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But the new governor and legislators could face some thorny issues when the biennial Legislature convenes.

According to a royal commentator, the appointment of South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to head the Department of Homeland Security could have significant implications. With the department ...

Gov. Kristi Noem was selected to lead the Department of Homeland Security. As governor of South Dakota, she has experience running a bureaucracy and would have made a lot of sense as Secretary of ...