Three men & abortion, fighting the food tax, the missionary work of Frank Kloucek & equity v. equality

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Three men & abortion, fighting the food tax, the missionary work of Frank Kloucek & equity v. equality

SPONSORED BY BEAL DISTRIBUTING | Dakotans for Health's Rick Weiland stops in THE DAKOTA SCOUT newsroom to talk about the ballot measures he's been circulating & kuchen

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Joe Sneve

Apr 26, 2024

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Election 2024

GOP chair seeks to block challenge to Rep. Dusty Johnson

Jonathan Ellis and Austin Goss

Apr 25

GOP chair seeks to block challenge to Rep. Dusty Johnson

South Dakota Republican Chairman John Wiik is pulling out all the stops to derail a challenge to U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson by a would-be contender from Rapid City. Justin McNeal originally sought to challenge Johnson in the Republican primary election on June 4, collecting more than 2,700 signatures to make the ballot. But a random review of those signatures by the Secretary of State’s Office found that he missed the threshold by 38 signatures, primarily because the random review found too many signatories were independents and not registered Republicans.

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Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls City Council, mayoral candidate released from jail with restraining order

Joe Sneve

Apr 23

Sioux Falls City Council, mayoral candidate released from jail with restraining order

Two weeks after losing a bid for city council, a perpetual municipal office seeker in Sioux Falls is once again a free man after spending a night in jail on domestic assault charges. David Zokaites, a two-time candidate for mayor who also made an unsuccessful run for the Northeast District

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Award-winning reporters Jonathan Ellis and Joe Sneve bring you their takes on what went down this week at Sioux Falls City Hall and at the state Capitol. From the administrations of Mayor Paul TenHaken and Governor Kristi Noem to general happenings in South Dakota and anything else that should be on the radar of the people who live here, The Scouting Report is a weekly podcast that supplements The Dakota Scout's digital and printed journalism.

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