Stu Whitney

Stu Whitney

Total 138 Posts
  • Sioux Falls, SD
Title: investigative reporter; expertise: politics, justice, education, health care, demographics, immigration, sports; language spoken: English; contact: 605-759-4576 / stu.whitney@sdnewswatch.org

Open primaries in South Dakota has early support: Poll

Nearly half of South Dakota voters support a proposed constitutional amendment to establish “top-two” open primaries for most political races, a News Watch poll shows

Sioux Falls lawyer favored as federal judge nominee

The long process of filling 2 seats has been complicated by the lack of a Democratic Party standard-bearer in South Dakota

Abortion amendment draws mixed support: SD poll

Survey conducted by South Dakota News Watch and the Chiesman Center for Democracy shows that neither side of the constitutional amendment abortion debate has the majority.

SD Labor Department to cut job services staff, close offices

Brookings, Winner and Madison offices will close and several others will see job cuts and reduced hours. State senator wants a meeting with the Labor secretary.

Remembering Honor: A year after blizzard ravaged Rosebud, boy's death raises questions

Honor Beauvais stopped breathing on the night of Dec. 15, 2022, and emergency crews couldn't reach him through the winter storm. His death on the Rosebud Indian Reservation has come to encapsulate the challenges and failures of the disaster response.

'Freedom' not enough to fill South Dakota jobs: Local business leaders say there are hurdles with campaign

Economic development groups helped fund Gov. Noem's 'Freedom Works Here' campaign. They're also doing the heavy lifting of recruiting workers to the state.

Petition-gathering group reaches settlement with Minnehaha County

"We're pleased that our First Amendment right to circulate these petitions, which was threatened with this policy, is no longer being threatened."
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