Tony Venhuizen, a longtime fixture in South Dakota state government, was formally and warmly welcomed to his role as lieutenant governor of the state.

Tony Venhuizen, a longtime fixture in South Dakota state government, was formally and warmly welcomed to his role as lieutenant governor of the state.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – South Dakota has a new lieutenant governor. On Wednesday, Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden named current Republican Rep. Tony Venhuizen as the No. 2 in the executive ...

Tony Venhuizen, who’s served as chief of staff for the two previous governors and most recently has been a state representative for three years, is Gov. Larry Rhoden’s choice to be South ...

The price estimate for the northeastern Sioux Falls prison complex is $725 million. That’s $100 million less than a 1,500-bed ...

South Dakota Lt. Gov. Tony Venhuizen introduced a bill tying the state's Medicaid expansion to federal funding levels. The bill would end Medicaid expansion if the federal government reduces its ...

Republican former Gov. Dennis Daugaard made an endorsement Monday in next year’s race for governor, but not for the ticket ...

South Dakota is on a path to invest $2 billion into its corrections facilities in the next decade as a result of its stringent crime laws.

The Project Prison Reset Task Force held its final meeting Tuesday, eliminating Mitchell and Worthing from consideration and narrowing the search for South Dakota’s new state prison to two sites in ...

The South Dakota Legislature confirmed Tony Venhuizen as the 40th lieutenant governor of South Dakota on Thursday. Gov. Larry Rhoden named Venhuizen as his pick during a press conference on ...

South Dakota is on a path to invest $2 billion into its corrections facilities in the next decade as a result of its stringent crime laws.