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South Dakota’s 2026 nominees for U.S. House are Republican Marty Jackley, left, and Democrat Nikki Gronli. (Photos by South Dakota Searchlight)
By Joshua Haiar
The two candidates for South Dakota’s lone U.S. House seat expressed opposing views this week about President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict mail-in voting.
Democratic nominee Nikki Gronli criticized Republican nominee Marty Jackley’s support for Trump’s actions.

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By Makenzie Huber
South Dakota public university enrollment decreased by 294 students this year, according to numbers released Thursday by the state Board of Regents.
Overall enrollment, which includes graduate and undergraduate students, is 35,797. Enrollment dropped at three universities and increased at the three others.
FROM STATES NEWSROOM

People look out at Manhattan and beyond at One World Observatory at One World Trade Center in New York City. Twenty-five years after 9/11, the surveillance systems built in its aftermath continue to shape how Americans are watched and policed. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
By Amanda Watford/Stateline
Twenty-five years after 9/11, the surveillance infrastructure built and expanded in its aftermath has become part of a far larger digital ecosystem — producing tools that can collect and analyze information on a scale unimaginable in 2001.
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, did more than reshape the nation’s approach to terrorism. They changed the architecture of American intelligence and policing.
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On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, States Newsroom editor remembers the heroes of Flight 93 | Shalina Chatlani/Stateline
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