Proponents say IM-29 is a “common-sense policy” that would boost the state’s revenue with licensed businesses as opposed to black market sales and allow law enforcement to eliminate prosecuting non-violent marijuana offenses to focus on “real crime.

South Dakota’s top elections official has removed hundreds of people from the state’s voter rolls even with voting in next month's general election already underway.

In three weeks, South Dakotans will decide what candidate will represent South Dakota in the House of Representatives. Candidates Republican Rep. Dusty Johnson and Democrat Sheryl Johnson sat down with KELOLAND’s Dan Santella to discuss issues facing South Dakota and the country.

The South Dakota Democrat candidate for U.S. House believes in limited government and a strong Southern border.

Two candidates are running for the Dakota County Board of Commissioners District 5 seat in November’s election. General information about the Nov. 5, 2024, election is online at twincities.com/news/politics/elections including information on candidates for races in Ramsey,

At a town hall event in Butler, PA, Donald Trump seemed to give up on politics and spent 39 minutes nodding along to his favorite songs.

Out of over 100 ballot measures across the country this November, six of them are in regard to legal drug use, from medical marijuana to psychedelics.

Three candidates are running for election to a seat on the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission this fall. Republican Kristie Fiegen of Sioux Falls, Libertarian Gideon Oakes of Keystone and Democrat Forrest Wilson of Lead.

A Bismarck-area state Senate candidate said he’s ready for the final weeks of campaigning after establishing residency in the district this summer. Democratic-NPL candidate Matthew Zimny, an emergency medicine physician at Sanford Health,

Vote NO on RL 21 so we keep at least the small amount of local control we have left. RL 21 is bad for local control and bad for you. Smart utilization of CO2 from ethanol plants can lower their carbon intensity - for the good of the environment and the good of the industry’s future.

Supporters of open primaries say shifting to a top-two primary system will whittle candidates down to those who represent a majority of South Dakota voters. But opponents argue it will limit voters’ choices each November.