Politics

The Minnehaha County Republican Party is setting up its own legislative forums to compete with ones hosted by the Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce.

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South Dakota legislators are eager to start a two-year pilot project in which 30 returning lawmakers will use iPads for legislative work.

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The world's biggest coffee chain is asking employees at cafes in the Washington D.C. area to scribble the words "Come Together" on cups for drink orders on Thursday and Friday.

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The South Dakota Legislature is seeking information about former lawmakers who have died in the past year.

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A Sioux Falls Republican political activist has pleaded not guilty to orchestrating a robo-call campaign during election season that criticized GOP legislative leaders but lacked the necessary identifying disclaimers.

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Top officials in Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration used personal email accounts to craft a media strategy for cutting Medicaid - a method of communication that can make it more difficult to track under public records laws.

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Reaction To South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard's proposed $4.1 billion state budget is following party lines.

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A few post-election notes:

President Obama says he has not yet scheduled a meeting with the man he defeated on Election Day.

But he says he does want to meet with Mitt Romney before the year is out

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The election is over, and with a few exceptions, the picture in Washington is going to be pretty much the same.

President Obama in his second term will have to find ways to work with a divided Congress who, despite all the talk of "reaching across the aisle" and "building bridges," could just wind up going on as it has before

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An election is the ultimate celebration of democracy. However if you live in South Carolina or Kentucky, booze probably isn't going to be part of your November 6 revelry.

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