South Dakota News Watch
WEBAug 28, 2024 · Poll: Majority of South Dakotans want new system for primary elections. Poll shows support for grocery tax repeal, but critics warn of budget crunch. South Dakota News Watch is an independent, nonprofit organization reporting untold stories that help South Dakotans be informed and engaged citizens.
Alcohol's impact: Liver disease deaths surging in SD
WEBAug 5, 2024 · Taylor Nielsen of Lead, S.D., lies in a hospital bed on March 27, 2024 in Omaha, Neb., where the 35-year-old is dying of alcohol-associated liver failure. (Photo: Megan Luther/ South Dakota News Watch) OMAHA, Neb. – Taylor Nielsen rests in a room with a view. The wall-to-wall windows feature midtown on an overcast afternoon in …
Open primaries in South Dakota has early support: Poll
WEBStu Whitney. Jan 8, 2024 8 min. Nearly half of South Dakota voters support a proposed constitutional amendment to establish “top-two” open primaries for most political races, a News Watch poll shows. “I Voted” stickers are separated for voters at the downtown Siouxland Public Library branch in Sioux Falls in 2022.
Poll: Amendment to expand South Dakota abortion rights has …
WEBJun 3, 2024 · The amendment has been certified for the Nov. 5 general election ballot. (Photo: Stu Whitney / South Dakota News Watch) Support for a 2024 ballot amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution is growing, reflected by a nearly 20-point margin between residents who said they are for the measure and those who oppose it ...
Ballot effort would allow more South Dakotans to choose …
WEBMay 15, 2023 8 min. Tom Dempster, a former state senator and Minnehaha County Commissioner, speaks at a press conference to announce the signature drive to put a constitutional amendment that would allow for open primaries on the 2024 general election ballot in Sioux Falls on April 19, 2022. (Photo: Annie Todd / Argus Leader)
Politics - South Dakota News Watch
WEBAug 8, 2024 · 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.
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WEBJun 10, 2024 · Amendment H would establish “top-two” primaries for governor, Congress and state legislative and county races rather than political parties conducting separate primary contests.
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WEBAug 26, 2024 · Southeast SD surges ahead of Black Hills in tourism revenue. South Dakota saw $4.96 billion in tourism spending in 2023, with 14.7 million visitors. Increasingly, more of them are drawn to the 14 counties in and around Sioux Falls. Bart Pfankuch Sep 2, 2024.
Democracy, elections in South Dakota face doubts in new poll
WEBJan 3, 2024 · A News Watch/Chiesman poll taken in fall 2020 showed that nearly 8 in 10 registered South Dakota voters (79.0%) said that civility in America had gotten worse over the past five years, while 2.6% said civility had improved during that time. As evidence of confirmation bias, Card pointed to a new poll by the Washington Post that …
SD News Watch wins numerous awards
WEBMay 8, 2024 · Bart Pfankuch and Stu Whitney honored by multiple organizations. South Dakota News Watch content director Bart Pfankuch, CEO Carson Walker and investigative reporter Stu Whitney, Friday, April 26, 2024, at the South Dakota NewsMedia Association convention in Huron.
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