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Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?
South Dakota voters will decide on abortion rights this fall after supporters collected enough valid signatures to put a measure on the ballot in the conservative state where a trigger law banning nearly all abortions went into effect after Roe v. Wade was overturned. The state’s...
An abortion rights initiative makes the ballot in conservative South Dakota
South Dakota voters will decide on abortion rights this fall, getting a chance at direct democracy on the contentious issue in a conservative state where a trigger law banning nearly all abortions went into effect after Roe v. Wade was overturned. The state's top election official...
Editorial Roundup: South Dakota
Yankton Press & Dakotan. May 13, 2024. Editorial: Noem, The Tribes And A No-Win Situation South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has been on a roll of sorts lately, although it’s probably been the worst kind of roll possible for a politician. Details in...
Controversy follows Gov. Kristi Noem as she is banned by another South Dakota tribe
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is now banned from entering nearly 20% of her state after another tribe banished her this week and the leaders of a sixth tribe recommended taking that action over comments she made earlier this year about tribal leaders benefitting from drug cartels. ...
Who's laughing? LateNighter, a digital news site about late-night TV, hopes to buck media trends
NEW YORK (AP) — At first glance, Jed Rosenzweig's new venture would seem like a fool's errand: launching a digital news site during brutal economic times for the media to cover an industry that, by traditional measures, is waning in influence. That didn't dissuade him. LateNighter,...
Trump is in no hurry as he leans into the pageantry of vice presidential tryouts
NEW YORK (AP) — As former President Donald Trump remains stuck in the courtroom listening to salacious details of an extramarital sexual encounter he denies, another spectacle is playing out in the background as his vice presidential tryouts get underway. The dynamic was on full...
Editorial Roundup: South Dakota
Yankton Press & Dakotan. May 6, 2024. Editorial: USPS Decision Seemed Inevitable Ultimately and unfortunately, the United States Postal Service (USPS) did what it was always going to do when it was announced last week that they were going ahead with their plan to...
Recreational marijuana backers try to overcome rocky history in South Dakota
Advocates of legalizing recreational marijuana in South Dakota, a mission with a rocky history, submitted thousands of signatures to election officials on Tuesday in the hopes of once again getting the issue on the conservative state's November ballot. Supporters of the initiative...
Signatures submitted for 'top two' primary election in Republican-dominant South Dakota
Supporters of a “top two” primary election system in South Dakota that would replace the current partisan process with one open to all voters have submitted thousands more petition signatures than required to bring a vote this fall on their ballot initiative. On Monday, South...
South Dakota Gov. Noem admits error of describing meeting North Korea's Kim Jong Un in new book
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is releasing a new book called “No Going Back,” but on Friday her office said she would actually be going back to correct some errors — including a false claim that she once met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The...