Government/Politics

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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.

Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to keep South Dakota abortion measure from ballot

The judge questioned why the South Dakota Secretary of State wasn’t named in the lawsuit, calling the complaint against Dakotans for Health "a collateral attack.”

South Dakota clashes with Minnesota on clean energy, coal plant closures

As gas and electric companies transition away from fossil fuels, South Dakota officials stress reliability of resources in extreme weather.
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