South Dakota’s $825 million prison project in rural Lincoln County faces legislative and legal hurdles as the proposed site and price tag come under fire.

"A prison, like a jail, is a necessary government function, and it must be located somewhere," a state circuit judge ruled.

Five of the proposed State University dormitories could rise 13-stories tall, looming over parts of the College Area ...

The school plans to demolish the existing buildings at the peninsula site and build six new ones, creating more than 4,000 ...