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Democratic U.S. House of Representatives candidate Nikki Gronli, left, and Republican candidate Marty Jackley participate in a debate at the Sioux Falls studios of South Dakota Public Broadcasting on Oct. 1, 2026. (Photo by John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight)
By John Hult
SIOUX FALLS — During a Thursday night debate, the Republican candidate in the race for South Dakota’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives joined a chorus of his party’s members in criticizing President Donald Trump’s approach on beef imports.
Republican Attorney General Marty Jackley faces Democrat Nikki Gronli in the Nov. 3 general election.
By Joshua Haiar
The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled this week that a father doesn’t have a right to obtain investigation records he wanted about his son’s death.
Ryan Pyle, age 37, went missing in August 2020, and his remains were found in November of that year near the Snake Creek Recreation Area in South Dakota, near the city of Platte.
By Meghan O’Brien
A South Dakota group suffered a setback Thursday in its effort to protect adequate time for petitioning questions onto statewide ballots, as a federal appeals court vacated an earlier ruling in the group’s favor and set a new hearing for next year.
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North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer is holding up Trump administration nominees over a rule affecting the state’s Prairie Pothole Region, seen here in Stutsman County, North Dakota. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)
By Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Keith Sonderling as secretary of Labor on Wednesday, marking one of the few Trump administration picks to get through the upper chamber recently after a North Dakota senator put a hold on “any and all” nominees.
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