Former state Sen. Reynold Nesiba, a Sioux Falls Democrat, returned to Pierre during a committee hearing on the legislation. He mentioned South Dakota’s status as the first state to allow initiatives ...

House Bill 1130 would require both of these elections to take place at the same time as a primary or general election.

PIERRE, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Lawmakers passed a bill this week requiring driver’s licenses and state IDs to show citizenship status. On Tuesday, the South Dakota House of Representatives approved ...

South Dakota landowners scored a victory after a bill to block Summit from using eminent domain to acquire land passed the ...

The Senate sent legislation to the House that would add language to state law and the state constitution saying it’s illegal for noncitizens to vote in South Dakota elections. Federal law ...

The South Dakota Senate will discuss a bill Monday (March 10, 2025) that would require all elections in the state be held on either the June Primary Election date or the November General Election date ...

Democrats are outnumbered 32-3 in the South Dakota Senate, but that hasn’t stopped them from finding success at times this ...

The election date for the proposed ambulance district to serve Davison and Hanson counties has been moved to Tuesday, April ...

The House Education committee passed a bill that would mandate elections if a school district proposes an opt out. In a vote ...

The Central Committee of the South Dakota Republican Party sent another message of opposition to a proposed carbon capture pipeline by electing a leader of the anti-carbon pipeline movement as its ...

The Trump Administration's next round of federal downsizing could potentially target Department of Veteran Affairs.

School Administrators of South Dakota and the South Dakota United School Association – who largely argued that school board elections should remain nonpartisan, and it shouldn’t matter what ...