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
142 Stories, most recent news story added Thu Nov 20, 1:19 am EST
News Stories
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Daschle to be Obama's nominee for health post
San Jose Mercury News - Thu Nov 20, 1:19 am ESTPresident-elect Barack Obama has decided to nominate former Sen. Tom Daschle of South Dakota as secretary of health and human services, and is leaning toward former Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. as attorney general, people close to the transition said Wednesday.
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Budget Issues To Be Main Focus Of S.D. Legislature
Yankton Press & Dakotan - Sat Nov 15, 7:29 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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Obama Makes History
Vermillion Plain Talk - Thu Nov 13, 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 - Tue Nov 11, 1:56 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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Harold Forbes to represent District 2 on commission
Mobridge Tribune - Mon Nov 10, 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 - Wed Nov 5, 6:27 pm 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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Harold Forbes to represent District 2 on commission
Mobridge Tribune - Sun Nov 9, 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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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.
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
