The Latest Breaking News from South Dakota

Over the past two months many groups, members of law enforcement, government officials and community leaders in South Dakota have been campaigning against Initiated Measure 27, which would legalize recreational marijuana for adults over 21.

Republican Gov. Kristi Noem was looking to shore up support for her South Dakota reelection bid with a series of campaign rallies with Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard

A South Dakota prosecutor who was overseeing an investigation into Gov. Kristi Noem’s use of state government aircraft says that the investigation found nothing to support a criminal prosecution

Nineteen Republican governors wrote a letter to President Biden (D) on October 17, 2022, opposing a proposed federal rule to mandate the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) for federal construction projects. The letter was signed by governors from Arkansas, Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire,…

Next month, South Dakotans will decide whether to expand Medicaid to 42,500 state residents. Democratic candidates elsewhere are making it a part of their pitch to flip GOP-held governors' offices.

Recreational marijuana legalization will be back on the South Dakota ballot in November

In less than a month, South Dakota's voters will decide whether or not to support recreational marijuana legalization, that is Measure 27, an initiative to the list of ballot questi

CUSTER, S.D. — A silver minivan decorated with a large sticker reading “Love Your Neighbor Tour” recently circumnavigated South Dakota.

In November, five more states will decide on marijuana legalization ballot measures. In the central U.S., voters in Arkansas, Missouri, North Dakota, and South Dakota will consider citizen-initiated measures to legalize marijuana. These four states are Republican trifectas. In Maryland, which has a divided government, the state Legislature voted to…