Initiated Measure 27 would free South Dakotans (and our visitors!) of the threat of arrest and conviction in state court for possessing an ounce or…
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President Joe Biden’s pardon of pot possessors appears to scrub federal convictions from 6,577 citizens’ records. The U.S. Sentencing Commission’s tally supports the argument that marijuana…
Rapid City Mayor Steve Allender is voting Yes on Amendment D to expand Medicaid, since it will make South Dakotans and South Dakota’s economy healthier.…
I notice Bob Newland’s petition efforts went for naught, as Meade County voters came to the polls on August 30 to reject the proposal Newland’s…
Democratic candidate for governor Jamie Smith says he’ll work on issues of real interest to South Dakotans, not fake issues of interest to outside partisans…
The South Dakota News Watch/Chiesman Center for Democracy July poll revealed good news for Dakotans for Health and its proposed 2024 initiated amendment to codify…
Catholic Social Services of Rapid City exec Jim Kinyon and Jesus-y District 4 Representative Fred Deutsch (R-4/Florence) have launched a ballot question committee to fight Initiated…
South Dakota voters get at least two initiatives to vote come November. After three weeks of counting and checking signatures, Secretary of State Steve Barnett…
Marijuana advocate Bob Newland has written two columns—May 7 and May 10—on his petition drive to have Meade County vote on issuing more than one…
Hot Springs-based marijuana reform advocate Bob Newland provides this second guest column on his effort to petition for an initiative on medical marijuana licenses in…