Governor Larry Rhoden formalized Lieutenant Governor Tony Venhuizen‘s unquestioned status as his running mate in the 2026 election last week by filing the certification of…
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Failed Democratic Senate candidate Julian Beaudion, who withdrew from the U.S. Senate contest last week after months of embarrassingly bad fundraising, says he still has…
Trump’s demolition of the American job market continues. Last week’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed a stunning loss of 23,000 jobs…
Also breaking initiative law: Marty Jackley! Attorney General Marty Jackley’s Draft Ballot Explanations webpage says that his office received Brenda Anderson’s final language for her…
Thank goodness Marty Jackley is doing Monae Johnson’s job. Thanks to the Attorney General’s posting of documents relating to the proposed 2028 raw-milk deregulation initiative,…
Secretary of State Monae Johnson is apparently ignoring her duty to inform the public about proposed ballot measures. Attorney General Marty Jackley made the first…
Attorney General Marty Jackley’s call for public comment on his draft title and explanation of the first citizen initiative proposed for the 2028 election cycle…
Darn—no do-over conventions for Democrats, and no Democratic nominee for Attorney General! The South Dakota Democratic Party held its planned convention on June 6, following…
Governor Larry Rhoden and his hand-picked Corrections Secretary Nick Lamb canned the warden of the state penitentiary and two other Corrections leaders on Wednesday. Out…
Republican Senator Marion Michael Rounds is already using Democratic candidate Julian Beaudion’s graceless withdrawal from the U.S. Senate campaign as an opportunity to raise more…