South Dakota's top 5 campaign war chests
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South Dakota Voter Guide
Everything South Dakota voters need to know about statewide contests in the Nov. 5 general election: How to register and vote, what's at stake, and a way to ask questions and express what issues are important to them.
Medicaid work requirements in South Dakota? Only if Trump wins.
South Dakota voters will decide on Amendment F, a legislative effort to allow employment criteria to be used for able-bodied adults to receive Medicaid benefits.
How South Dakota and Michigan took different paths to 'election integrity'
Democratic-controlled Michigan expanded voting opportunities through ballot measures while Republican-led South Dakota restricted access with legislative action. Both states believe that they're on the right track.
Anti-abortion group: Amendment G can make ballot and still be discounted
Group says secretary of state can make public statement that "no votes for or against the measure will be counted or have any impact."
SD Supreme Court sends abortion lawsuit back to lower court
Anti-abortion group Life Defense Fund will have another chance to plead its case in front of Circuit Court Judge John Pekas in Minnehaha County.
Referred pipeline law puts company's permit quest in limbo
The permit process and ballot referral highlight the emergence of carbon pipelines and landowner rights as political flashpoints in South Dakota.