Hermosa man plans to press pot issue at legislature
Rapid City Journal - Wed Dec 3, 7:54 am ESTSupporters of a medical marijuana law in South Dakota are preparing to ask the 2009 Legislature to reconsider the issue.
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Budget Issues To Be Main Focus Of S.D. Legislature
Yankton Press & Dakotan - Sun Nov 16, 4:44 am ESTBudgetary issues will be the main focus of the upcoming South Dakota legislative session, according to Dave Owen, president of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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SD's Electoral College Votes Will Be Cast Next Month
KSFY Sioux Falls - Sun Nov 16, 4:44 pm ESTElectoral votes to be cast Dec. 15
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Obama Makes History
Vermillion Plain Talk - Fri Nov 14, 2:57 am ESTSouth Dakota didn’t follow the same historic path as the much of the nation did Tuesday, but Clay County did.
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Harold Forbes to represent District 2 on commission
Mobridge Tribune - Wed Nov 12, 1:55 am ESTBarack Obama, a Democrat, will serve the country as president for the next four years, even though South Dakota voted for Republican John McCain. McCain won South Dakota with 53 percent of the vote, but Obama took 52 percent of the popular vote nationwide and 349 of the Electoral College votes.
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South Dakota students 'elect' Obama, 'approve' abortion ban
Rapid City Journal - Thu Nov 6, 4:46 am ESTStudents mirrored only some of their parents' choices in the Kids Voting South Dakota mock election program, re-electing Tim Johnson and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin to Congress but choosing Barack Obama for president.
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HIGH-PROFILE MEASURES: Colorado, South Dakota reject abortion ban
Detroit Free Press - Wed Nov 5, 3:07 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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Parties fight for control of South Dakota Legislature
KOTA Rapid City - Wed Nov 5, 9:24 am ESTDemocrats apparently gained 4 seats in the South Dakota House in Tuesday's election, but they may have lost 1 in the Senate.
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Abortion fight keys on S.D.
The Argus Leader - Sun Nov 9, 2:59 am ESTSouth Dakota will be America's battleground in the passionate dispute about abortion rights for years to come, a result of easy ballot access and a committed force of local anti-abortion activists. That's the assessment of leaders of national advocacy groups on both sides of the issue, as well as some legal scholars who have watched from the outside for two election cycles as South Dakotans beat ...
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Related measures fail in California, Colorado
The Argus Leader - Sun Nov 9, 2:59 am ESTWASHINGTON - Divisions between two camps of the anti-abortion movement might 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. South Dakota voters rejected their ballot measure 55 percent to 45 percent, while Coloradans rejected theirs 73 percent to 27 percent. The South Dakota ...
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Legislative leadership shaken up
The Argus Leader - Sun Nov 9, 2:58 am ESTPIERRE - Even before Tuesday's legislative elections, a sweeping change of leadership in the South Dakota House of Representatives was assured. The top two House leaders in each political party left that chamber to run for the Senate - three for the state Senate, one for the U.S. Senate. Republican Leader Larry Rhoden of Union Center and Democratic Leader Dale Hargens of Miller, each ...
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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
