Todd Epp

South Dakota’s Democratic Party has hired a lawyer. But the lawyer doesn’t know for sure if he can bring any legal action on its behalf concerning the EB-5 scandal.

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Call me skeptical.

I too think the explanation that Richard Benda, one of the key players in the ongoing EB-5 saga here in South Dakota, committed suicide seems difficult to believe. But there is a huge gap between my journalistic skepticism and actual proof

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SD Democratic leaders called on the legislative Government Operations and Audit Committee to issue numerous subpoenas to high ranking Republican state officials.

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The Secretary of State’s office is examining the Libertarian party registrations of two candidates, AG candidate Chad Haber and PUC candidate Ryan Gaddy.

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South Dakota Libertarian Party South Dakota constitutional candidates line up following the SDPL convention Saturday in Sioux Falls. Left to right: Emmett Reistroffer, secretary of state candidate (and new SDPL chair); Kurt Evans, state auditor candidate; Ryan Gaddy, Public Utilities commissioner candidate; John English, School and Public Lands commissioner; Chad Haber, attorney general candidate; and Ken Santema, treasurer candidate

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A plurality of South Dakotans think the state is headed in the right direction.

Or looked at another way, just over half the respondents polled in the Nielson Brothers Polling/Northern Plains poll in late July think the state is headed in the wrong direction--or they can’t make up their minds

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By Todd Epp
Northern Plains News

South Dakotans like how Republicans Gov. Dennis Daugaard and Rep. Kristi Noem are doing their jobs.

But not so much so when it comes to Democratic President Barack Obama.

These were the findings of th

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South Dakotans support an initiated measure that would the state raise minimum wage, according to a new poll released by Nielson Brothers Polling and Northern Plains News.

The poll also asked voters if they were going to vote for the Republican or Democrat in this state legislative district—with the Republicans winning, but by less than 6 percent

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Incumbent Republican representative Kristi Noem holds an 18-point lead over Democratic challenger Corinna Robinson in the July 23 - 28 Nielson Brothers Polling/Northern Plains News poll.

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Incumbent Republican Governor Dennis Daugaard holds a 24-point lead over Democratic challenger Susan Wismer in the NBP/NPN poll conducted in late July.

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