Seth Tupper

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden presents his 2025 budget address to lawmakers at the Capitol in Pierre on Dec. 2, 2025. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) There was nothing under the tree this Christmas for South Dakota’s schools, state emp... See more

Wounded Knee Massacre site protection bill passes Congress The U.S. Senate sent President Donald Trump a bill Thursday that would protect a portion of the Wounded Knee Massacre site on the Pine Ridge Reservation. U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson, R-South... See more

Plastic flowers and American flags are placed atop graves at the Wounded Knee Memorial and cemetery June 30, 2024, on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) The U.S. Senate sent President Donald Trum... See more

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden delivers his annual budget address to lawmakers at the Capitol in Pierre on Dec. 2, 2025. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden, who has his own idea to reduce property taxes, does... See more

South Dakota Department of Corrections Secretary Nick Lamb speaks during a press conference on Dec. 4, 2025, at the site of a women’s prison under construction in Rapid City. (Photo by Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight) RAPID CITY — No other place in t... See more