South Dakota News Watch
WEBSep 5, 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.
SD Labor Department to cut job services staff, close offices
WEBDec 15, 2023 4 min. Brookings, Winner and Madison offices will close and several others will see job cuts and reduced hours. State senator wants a meeting with the Labor secretary. The South Dakota Department of Labor & Regulation office in Madison, S.D., is one of those that will close in February. (Photo: Jacob Boyko / South Dakota News Watch ...
South Dakota Voter Guide - South Dakota News Watch
WEBAug 28, 2024 · Registering, voting and important dates. The South Dakota Secretary of State's website includes details about how to register to vote, where to vote and how to absentee vote if you're unable to cast a ballot on Election Day and other important information.. Key dates for 2024: Sept. 20: Absentee voting begins; Oct. 21: Voter registration deadline; Nov. 5: General election (polls are open from ...
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.
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)
Poll: Majority of South Dakotans want new system for primary …
WEBJun 12, 2024 10 min. Amendment H would establish “top-two” primaries for governor, Congress and state legislative and county races rather than political parties conducting separate primary contests. Poll workers wait for the next South Dakota primary voter at the Instructional Planning Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.
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.
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 …
South Dakota News Watch (Page 2)
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.
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.