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South Dakota News Watch is one of the few news organizations in the state with a full-time reporter who lives in Pierre. These stories explain how what happens in the Capitol impacts all residents, hold publicly elected leaders accountable, investigate complex issues and help voters make informed choices when they go to the polls through accurate, balanced reporting.
'Freedom Works Here' has spent millions to promote SD jobs. Now businesses are being asked to pitch in.
Noem’s administration is seeking the help of economic development groups and top businesses to pay for national ads touting her “Freedom Works Here” campaign. But some of these groups are still waiting for the names of thousands of prospective employees.
South Dakota rejects federal food funding despite 25,000 children going hungry
“Federal money often comes with strings attached, and more of it is often not a good thing."
Gov. Noem’s claims of transparency called into question
For more than 40 years, South Dakota journalist Kevin Woster has produced material for the state’s two largest newspapers, its largest TV station and for South Dakota Public Broadcasting, where he remains a writer and commentator.
Now semi-retired, Woster continues to report on a variety of statewide topics. And
Noem’s ‘demanding’ style sparks staff turnover, turmoil: ‘It’s a tough gig’
Lee Schoenbeck, a power broker in the South Dakota Legislature as President Pro Tempore of the Senate, had a telling response when asked about the record pace of staff turnover in Gov. Kristi Noem’s administration, including a prolonged search for a sixth chief of staff less than five years
Two federal judge seats remain open in South Dakota despite busy caseload
For the past 20 months, South Dakota’s U.S. District Court has had a judicial vacancy waiting to be filled by President Joe Biden’s administration, prompting political scrutiny of the process and a shuffling of workloads for other federal judges.
Now the situation enters a new realm of
Is proposed abortion amendment ‘far more extreme’ than Roe v. Wade?
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of South Dakota News Watch stories providing analysis of potential South Dakota ballot initiatives for the 2024 election.
It’s no coincidence that South Dakotans are well-versed in direct democracy. The state was the first in the nation to adopt
Gov. Kristi Noem pulls support for grocery tax measure over jeopardized tobacco money
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of South Dakota News Watch stories providing analysis of potential South Dakota ballot initiatives for the 2024 election.
A citizen-led campaign to eliminate South Dakota’s state grocery tax through a measure on the 2024 ballot won’t have the