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Signs identify a polling place in Wanblee, part of Jackson County, ahead of South Dakota’s 2026 general election. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)
By Searchlight staff
Today is Election Day in South Dakota, with races for state and legislative offices, four statewide ballot questions, and a variety of local races and questions.
Nationally, control of both chambers of Congress is up for grabs, with implications for South Dakota Republican John Thune’s status as U.S. Senate majority leader.
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One of the ways Lakota Tech High School is finding housing for teachers is using state grant funding to help build homes like these for teachers on the Pine Ridge Reservation. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight)
By Marcia Erickson
On any given day in Sisseton, Milbank or Winner, you will pass an employer with a hiring sign in the window, or you will see an advertisement on social media or in the local newspaper. Some have been advertising for six months. Some for a year. The applicants are out there, and they’re interested. The shift schedule is written. What is missing is the second half of the equation: somewhere for those workers to live.
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President Donald Trump, in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, stands next to enlarged photos showing the pool’s renovations, on Nov. 2, 2026. (Screenshot from C-SPAN)
By Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — One day before his party is forecast to lose control of the U.S. House, and possibly the Senate, President Donald Trump gathered guests and press at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to tout the “magnificent” renovation of the monument — a monthslong project plagued by algae, reclosure and false accusations of vandalism.
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