Eliminating the 4.2% tax on food would save a South Dakota family about $50 a month on average or about $600 a year.

An anti-abortion group's lawsuit to invalidate an abortion rights measure appearing on South Dakota's statewide ballot won't be resolved until after the November election.

The two-hour Vote South Dakota forum will take place Thursday night from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. It will feature candidates for the Public Utilities Commission and representatives of both sides of constitutional amendments and initiated/referred measures that will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot.

Early voting began in Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia on Friday, letting voters in those states cast ballots while Election Day remains a month and a half away, on Nov. 5.

Trina Lapp, an 18-year-old Milbank native who attends Dakota Wesleyan University, doesn’t view politics or the upcoming election as an afterthought. She’s digging in. “I think it’s important for young people to be involved and learn about the candidates and issues,

Vote South Dakota is hosting a candidate and issue forum at Dakota Wesleyan University's Sherman Center on Thursday, Sept. 19 ahead of the 2024 general election. The forum airs from 8 to 10 p.m. Central on Thursday on South Dakota Public Broadcasting television and radio stations across the state.

A Rapid City-based nonprofit is launching a statewide campaign to increase Native American voter participation

Milwaukee police cited South Dakota GOP Executive Director Reggie Rhoden with disorderly conduct after he allegedly snatched a phone out of another delegate's hands and threw it at the RNC.

With the November election looming closer, one item on the ballot has some people in Sturgis and South Dakota in general concerned. An analysis conducted by the South Dakota Municipal League estimates cities and towns including Sturgis would lose at least more than $51 million in sales tax revenue annually if the grocery tax repeal passes.

Voters in Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia lined up to fill out their 2024 ballots in person on Friday. CBS News' Natalie Brand is on the ground in the Old Dominion state.

At a polling site in Minneapolis, Jason Miller, a 37-year-old house painter, arrived well before the polls opened at 8 a.m. and was first in line. He was among roughly 75 people who cast ballots in the first hour at the city’s early voting center. “Why not try to be first? That’s kind of fun, right?” he said.

Early voting for South Dakota’s Nov. 5 general election begins today. To cast an early ballot, voters should first make sure they’re registered. Voter registration status can be checked in the South Dakota Secretary of State’s online voter information portal at vip.