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Updated: 18 hours ago
|By Austin Goss
The South Dakota Secretary of State's office is making it easier for absentee voters to track their ballots.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By Austin Goss
The South Dakota Speaker of the House says the disease has taken a major toll on him.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2020 at 9:07 AM CDT
|By Austin Goss
The "mock election" was intended to serve as a way for the state to make sure everything was running smoothly ahead of November 3rd.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2020 at 1:56 PM CDT
|By Dakota News Now staff
U.S. Senator Mike Rounds is running for reelection this year and is being challenged by Democratic candidate Dan Ahlers.
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Updated: Oct. 14, 2020 at 10:01 AM CDT
|By Austin Goss
The construction project is just one of the latest to take place in and around the Capitol Complex in Pierre.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2020 at 7:04 AM CDT
|By Austin Goss
SD State Treasury Secretary Josh Haeder was elected unanimously to the national council of fellow state treasurers.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2020 at 5:19 PM CDT
|By Dakota News Now staff
A new poll suggests that the majority of residents approve of the work that Mayor Paul TenHaken’s administration is doing in the city and that the presidential race might be closer than expected, at least in Sioux Falls.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2020 at 7:24 PM CDT
|By Dakota News Now staff
Democratic Senate Candidate Dan Ahlers is challenging incumbent Senator Mike Rounds in the upcoming election.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2020 at 7:47 AM CDT
|By Austin Goss
The South Dakota's Secretary of State office has a new video talking election security.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2020 at 7:37 AM CDT
|By Austin Goss
Johnson's proposal comes at a time where national Democrats have began advocating for D.C. statehood.
First Alert Regional Radar
Updated: Oct. 8, 2020 at 7:24 AM CDT
|By Austin Goss
The annual report card is missing some key data points that the district says is due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2020 at 5:52 PM CDT
|By Scott Engen
Setting the Stage for the 2020 Vice Presidential Debate
Updated: Oct. 7, 2020 at 10:40 AM CDT
|By Austin Goss
South Dakotans across the state are finding out that they have a little bit of cash with the State Treasury's "Unclaimed Property Division."
Updated: Oct. 1, 2020 at 9:21 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
COVID Relief continues to be in limbo at the federal level.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2020 at 6:04 PM CDT
|By Scott Engen
Sioux Falls voters react to first Presidential Debate
Updated: Sep. 30, 2020 at 5:08 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
The post office in Rosebud, South Dakota will now bare the trailblazers name.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2020 at 10:17 PM CDT
|By Scott Engen
SDSU hosts Debate Watch 2020.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2020 at 8:00 PM CDT
|By Dakota News Now staff
Along with a new president, Iowans will be electing a new senator as Joni Ernst’s seat is up for grabs.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2020 at 6:31 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
The $53.7 million budget passed through the Pierre City Commission earlier this week.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 12:26 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
With a special session looming, state legislators continue to hear feedback from across South Dakota.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 7:42 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
The legislation is intended to help improve the recruitment and retention of professional educators in tribal and rural communities, pending it passes through the United States Senate.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 7:22 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
A special legislative session is on the horizon for South Dakota.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2020 at 9:23 AM CDT
|By Austin H Goss
South Dakota cases are trending in the wrong direction, but it appears a vaccine may be trending in the right direction.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2020 at 11:33 PM CDT
|By Austin H Goss
The Governor opted not to attend, citing poor treatment of her staff by committee members.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2020 at 6:20 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
The event comes as South Dakota is on the eve of legalized hemp.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 at 12:18 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
The executive order waives certain testing requirments that students may not have been able to fulfill due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2020 at 11:14 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
There has been one persistent theme in the Democratic National Convention so far: to portray President Donald Trump as unsuited for the White House.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2020 at 11:06 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
On the second night of the Democratic National Convention, party leaders tried to blend its past with its future.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2020 at 12:21 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
Michelle Obama assailed President Donald Trump on Monday for ripping migrant children from their parents and throwing them into cages.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2020 at 5:15 AM CDT
President Donald Trump is attacking Joe Biden for calling on governors to mandate all Americans wear masks.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 9:59 AM CDT
|By TALI ARBEL
President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered an unspecified ban on “transactions” with the Chinese owners of the consumer apps TikTok and WeChat.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 10:07 PM CDT
|By FARNOUSH AMIRI and DAN SEWELL
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tested positive Thursday for the coronavirus just ahead a planned meeting with President Donald Trump.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 11:25 AM CDT
Senator Mike Rounds and Democratic challenger Dan Ahlers will participate in their first Dakota News Now debate on September 5th.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 9:09 PM CDT
|By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Facebook has deleted a post by President Donald Trump for the first time, saying it violated its policy against spreading misinformation about the coronavirus.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2020 at 2:34 PM CDT
|By KEVIN FREKING and ZEKE MILLER
President Donald Trump said he will take action as soon as Saturday to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok from the United States.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2020 at 4:33 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
South Dakota is preparing for federal unemployment benefits to expire.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2020 at 6:45 PM CDT
|By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent
Negotiations over a new COVID-19 rescue bill were in flux Friday after the White House floated cutting an unemployment benefits boost to as little as $100 and President Donald Trump turned to a new priority, adding money to build a new FBI headquarters.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2020 at 4:40 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
South Dakota High School Athletics are forging ahead despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2020 at 5:04 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
Representative Dusty Johnson is helping lead a bipartisan effort on telehealth.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2020 at 5:39 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
South Dakota's Democratic Party wants to be a more viable alternative post-COVID.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2020 at 5:12 PM CDT
|By Austin Goss
The South Dakota Attorney General wants to bring closure to families of missing people.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2020 at 5:58 PM CDT
President Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday, the first time the president has been seen in public with the type of facial covering recommended by health officials as a precaution against spreading or becoming infected by the novel coronavirus.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 11:17 AM CDT
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says she is not interested in running for president in 2024 and would rather stay in South Dakota.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2020 at 3:23 PM CDT
|By Kristin Kasper
Director of Press Communication for the Trump 2020 campaign Erin Perrine responds to criticism following President Trump's Fourth of July visit to Mount Rushmore.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2020 at 4:11 AM CDT
President Donald Trump will begin his Independence Day weekend on Friday with a patriotic display of fireworks at Mount Rushmore before a crowd of thousands, but even in a part of the country where many remain supportive of the president, the event has drawn controversy and protests.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 8:52 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
While preparations continue for fireworks this weekend at Mount Rushmore, some people see the price tag as an economic investment for the state, others are concerned about the money being spent, and say, it could be spent elsewhere.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2020 at 11:25 AM CDT
President Donald Trump is vowing to veto a massive defense bill to keep military bases such as Fort Bragg named after Confederate officers.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2020 at 9:51 AM CDT
President Donald Trump is dismissing as “Fake News” allegations that Russia offered bounties for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 4:32 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
When Minnehaha county voters requested nearly 42,000 absentee ballots for the June 2nd election, it created a record number of ballots, and challenges in processing the 30,235 returned.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 8:09 AM CDT
Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported.