Rick Weiland

South Dakota voters rejected an amendment to put abortion rights into the state constitution in the 2024 election. As SDPB’s Lee Strubinger reports, the success and failure of the campaigns came down to funding and organization.

Initiated Measure 28 is in front of South Dakotan’s this election season. Proponents say IM 28 removes a tax on grocery items they describe as “regressive”, opponents say that wording, and the financial consequences, are far too broad.

The backer of a ballot question to remove the state sales tax on items sold for human consumption says the group opposed to the idea are using fear to persuade voters.

How is the abortion debate this session impacting the efforts to put the issue in front of voters this fall? We ask Rick Weiland from Dakotans for Health.

A majority of House lawmakers support a resolution opposing a potential ballot measure on abortion rights.

House Republicans say they’re going to invite the backer of a constitutional abortion rights ballot question to testify in a legislative hearing. The hearing could kick off what will likely be a topic of heavy discussion until November.

If you're a parent of a young child, you probably already know what RSV is, and you're probably already a little worried about it. The number of South Dakota kids fighting the respiratory virus has increased earlier in the season than usual. Dr. Carl Galloway is Pediatric Hospitalist Medical Director for Sanford Children's Hospital. He joins us now with the facts about RSV and emergency treatment.

The grassroots organization Dakotans for Health is hosting a "Democracy Rally" this weekend in Sioux Falls. They're hoping to gain enough petition signatures to get several measures on the ballot for the 2022 election.

A U.S. District Judge has found South Dakota's 2020 restrictions on petition circulators to be unconstitutional.Judge Lawrence Piersol ruled earlier this…

In The Moment ... July 17, 2019 Show 617 Hour 2It wasn't long ago that the Sioux Empire Community Theater considered closing the curtain for good.…