South Dakota’s House of Representatives voted to advance House Joint Resolution 5001, an amendment to the state constitution ...

While on its face the bill proclaims similar goals to Senate Bill 48, HB 1066 has drawn support from the South Dakota ...

Legislators with opposing views of SB54 — the state’s primary qualification law — are looking to transform how candidates get on the ballot.

A former Charleston County School Board member won a special election primary Tuesday in the cloak of the Lowcountry's first ...

The Republicans who dominate the South Dakota House of Representatives are calling for a statewide vote at the 2026 general ...

A South Dakota judge denied an election group’s appeal to compel the Charles Mix County Commission to place an ...

Advocates for election integrity trying to tighten the residency requirement in South Dakota’s voter-registration law are ...

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight When the majority leaders of South Dakota’s two legislative chambers introduced ...

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, he has built the most formidable foundation of Republican electoral strength ...

Rep. Karla Lems, R-Canton, and Sen. Mark Lapka, R-Leola, are leading efforts in protecting landowners with House Bill 1052, ...

A future ballot question could ask voters whether to raise the threshold to pass a constitutional amendment from a "50% plus ...

"Like the rest of America, South Dakota was divided over the Vietnam War. It was winding down, but it was far from fading ...