Cast vote records and ballot images captured by automated tabulating machines in future South Dakota elections would become public records under a proposal moving forward in the South Dakota Legislature.

The guiding principle is that “direct democracy” – which also allows existing laws to be challenged through referendum, as seen with the carbon pipeline debate in 2024 – provides a check on the “representative democracy” power of state legislators.

An attempt to change the deadline for voter registration has failed in the South Dakota Legislature. The deadline currently is 15 days before an election. Republican

The South Dakota Senate passed the Citizens Only Voting Amendment (COVA) in a 33-2 vote yesterday. SJR 503 is now headed for the South Dakota House of Representatives.

A campaign finance reform bill is facing attacks from lawmakers and lobbyists who believe it stems from "personal grievances."

South Dakota’s House of Representatives voted to advance House Joint Resolution 5001, an amendment to the state constitution that would condition Medicaid expansion only if federal medical assistance covers at least 90% of the costs,

PIERRE, S.D. ( South Dakota Searchlight) – Larry Rhoden owes his new job as governor to Kristi Noem, but her political career might have stalled shortly after it began if not for his help, according to a story they’ve both shared publicly.

The pipeline would transport carbon dioxide captured from 57 ethanol plants in five states to an underground sequestration site in North Dakota.

The South Dakota House of Representatives advanced a bill Wednesday that would make the state’s list of registered voters free and available to the public online, and another bill that would restrict access to registered voters’ contact information.

A bill barring cities, counties or schools from acting as safe havens for undocumented immigrants in South Dakota is headed to the governor’s desk after a 62-6 vote in the

A surge in economic confidence among rural bankers in the Midwest and Plains region after the November election didn't last.

Larry Rhoden, who succeeded Kristi Noem as South Dakota’s governor on Saturday, brings a lengthy record of success as state legislator to his new office. The Meade County rancher and welder had already served 16 years in the Legislature and was seeking re-election to a seat in the House in 2018