SEARCHLIGHT NEWS
A voter fills out a ballot at a Sioux Falls polling place during the South Dakota primary election on June 2, 2026. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)
By Joshua Haiar
The South Dakota Secretary of State’s Office said this week that federal election monitors will be in Minnehaha County for the Nov. 3 election, as the Trump administration prepares to deploy 1,000 monitors nationwide.
By Jonathan Shorman/States Newsroom
The U.S. Department of Justice plans to send election monitors to every state ahead of Election Day, expanding a long-standing practice that’s spurred concern this year among Democrats and voting rights advocates because of President Donald Trump’s push to influence elections.
COMMENTARY
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Omaha District Oahe Project hydropower house on the Missouri River near Fort Pierre is pictured on July 16, 2025. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Delanie Stafford)
By Brad Johnson
Imagine if Lake Oahe were filled with oil instead of water.
We would treat it as one of the country’s greatest economic assets. Pipelines would be flowing. Industries would be built around it. The cost of moving oil west would be a budget line item.
Water deserves the same kind of thinking.
FROM STATES NEWSROOM
General Manager Brian Horak walks down an aisle at Post 60 Market in Emerson, Nebraska. A new national report shows how everyday costs have increased for Americans. (Photo by Kevin Hardy/Stateline)
By Kevin Hardy/Stateline
Americans’ growing frustration over high prices has defined many political campaigns ahead of November’s midterm elections.
Rising costs of healthcare, gas and groceries during President Donald Trump’s second term have put Republicans on defense, not only in Washington, but in statehouse and gubernatorial races across the country.
NATIONAL NEWS
Early voting surges in midterm elections as millions cast their ballots | Ariana Figueroa and Shauneen Miranda
Feds allege over 400 noncitizens vote in WA; Hobbs disputes data | Washington State Standard
Oshkosh middle school teacher detained by ICE | Wisconsin Examiner
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