Progressive priorities such as abortion rights, grocery tax repeal and legalized recreational marijuana were all defeated.

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said Sunday that Sen. John Thune (R-S.C.) will “be a great leader” for the Senate as Republicans in the upper chamber prepare for a return to power. “I’ve known John

Although several states took measures to protect or expand abortion, ballot initiatives expanding those rights failed in South Dakota, Florida and Nebraska. Here's why.

Voters in South Dakota have rejected a proposal to add protections for abortion rights to the state constitution, preserving a near-total ban there.

Voters in South Dakota and North Dakota have rejected a ballot measure meant to legalize recreational marijuana.

CBS News projects former President Donald Trump will win North Dakota and South Dakota in the 2024 presidential election. Each state has three electoral college votes. North Dakota and South Dakota both voted for Trump in 2020 and 2016.

Amendment F passed during the 2024 election in South Dakota, allowing the state to impose work requirements on those who benefit from the state's Medicaid expansion.

With voters declining to enshrine a right to abortion in the State Constitution, South Dakota will continue to have one of the strictest abortion bans in the country.

The Republican rampage that propelled Donald Trump to the White House with majorities in the U.S. Senate and possibly the U.S. House of Representatives was felt strongly in conservative South Dakota. Not just in candidate races, where GOP establishment ...

Another ballot measure could give grocery shoppers relief by removing the state sales tax on food. South Dakota lowered its general sales tax last year from 4.5 percent to 4.2 percent, and the new initiative would eliminate taxes on most food items, excluding alcohol and prepared meals.

A DOJ press release does not specifically state why the counties have been chosen for monitoring, though during South Dakota's June primary, South Dakota Canvassing Group President Jessica Pollema successfully got 132 absentee ballots rejected from the election through a challenge that both local and state officials said fell outside of state law.

Republican Rep. Dusty Johnson won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing South Dakota on Tuesday. Johnson captured his fourth term as the state's single congressman by defeating Democrat Sheryl Johnson.