Herman Schumacher
CattleNetwork.com - Wed Dec 3, 8:53 am ESTto provide input to President-elect Barack Obama's transition team just days after the election, according to South Dakota newspaper publisher Allan Burke.
South Dakota Elections
143 Stories, most recent news story added Fri Nov 7, 8:35 am EST
News Stories
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Voters deal setbacks to abortion-rights foes
Daily Record - Fri Nov 7, 8:35 am ESTWASHINGTON -- Divisions between two camps of the anti-abortion movement may have helped doom ballot measures to ban abortion in South Dakota and Colorado and stymied plans to challenge the landmark Roe v. Wade decision in the voting booth.
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Voters deal setbacks to abortion-rights opponents
The Tennessean - Fri Nov 7, 3:36 am ESTWASHINGTON — Divisions between two camps of the anti-abortion movement may have helped doom ballot measures to ban abortion in South Dakota and Colorado and stymied plans to challenge the landmark Roe vs. Wade decision in the voting booth.
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State ballots feature hot-button social issues
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 5, 6:28 am ESTVoters in Colorado and South Dakota rejected ballot measures Tuesday that could have led to sweeping bans of abortion, and Washington became only the second state — after Oregon — to offer terminally ill people the option of physician-assisted suicide.
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California Ends Same-Sex Marriage; Abortion Bans Fail (Update1)
Bloomberg - Wed Nov 5, 4:15 pm ESTNov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- California backed putting an end to same-sex marriages, Massachusetts defeated a plan to scrap its income tax, and South Dakota for a second time struck down a bid to outlaw almost all abortions.
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Thune Will Run For Senate GOP Leadership
Yankton Press & Dakotan - Thu Nov 6, 1:37 am ESTWASHINGTON (AP) — Post-election shifts in the Senate could promote both of South Dakota’s senators in their party ranks.
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California, Arizona, Florida Move to Ban Gay Weddings (Update2)
Bloomberg - Wed Nov 5, 7:54 am ESTNov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- California voters were close to ending same-sex marriages, Massachusetts defeated a plan to scrap its income tax, and South Dakota for a second time struck down a bid to outlaw almost all abortions.
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Relief, celebration for pro-choice movement
The Buffalo News - Wed Nov 5, 7:20 am ESTVoters in Colorado and South Dakota rejected ballot measures Tuesday that could have led to sweeping bans on abortion, and Washington became only the second state -- after Oregon -- to offer terminally ill people the option of physician-assisted suicide.
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2 states reject anti-abortion measures
Houston Chronicle - Wed Nov 5, 1:54 am ESTVoters in Colorado and South Dakota rejected ballot measures Tuesday that could have led to sweeping bans of abortion, and Washington became only the second state — after Oregon — to offer terminally ill people the option of physician-assisted suicide.
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Fans encouraged to vote for former Coyote
Vermillion Plain Talk - Wed Nov 5, 2:48 am ESTFans are being encouraged to vote for former Coyote Stefan Logan, a former standout running back for The University of South Dakota football team, who is on the ballot for the Canadian Football League’s All-Star team.
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The Fives: Is Finch a cinch? Will West River decide the abortion ban issue? And what about Dist. 32?
Rapid City Journal - Tue Nov 4, 2:15 am ESTWe in the South Dakota media have been spoiled. The string of recent elections have had an import greater than normally attached to a state with fewer than 800,000 people and a mere three electoral votes. There was the Johnson-Thune senate race, and then the Daschle-Thune race. And of course, there was the first go at a ban on abortions statewide.
Local Stories
Hermosa man plans to press pot issue at legislature
Rapid City Journal - Wed Dec 3, 7:54 am ESTBelle Fourche council delays softening feedlot concerns
Rapid City Journal - Wed Dec 3, 7:56 am ESTSD Legislature May Face Marijuana Issue Again
KSFY Sioux Falls - Sun Nov 30, 4:26 pm ESTUSD Forum: Obama Inspires International Hope
Vermillion Plain Talk - Fri Nov 28, 2:52 am ESTResults In For Kids Voting Project In SD
KELO Sioux Falls - Sat Nov 22, 9:34 pm ESTGun Sales Increase In South Dakota
Yankton Press & Dakotan - Fri Nov 21, 2:37 am ESTMedical marijuana debate to return
The Argus Leader - Sun Nov 23, 2:58 am ESTDefeated SD Lawmaker Decides Against Legal Challenge
KELO Sioux Falls - Sat Nov 22, 3:49 pm ESTThune Set To Be No. 5 Senate GOP
KELO Sioux Falls - Mon Nov 17, 3:35 pm ESTThune: Leadership Post Good For SD
KELO Sioux Falls - Thu Nov 13, 6:20 pm EST
