A state court judge's ruling Monday keeps an abortion-rights question on the November ballot in South Dakota. Judge John Pekas dismissed a lawsuit filed by an anti-abortion group, Life Defense Fund, that sought to have the question removed even though supporters turned in more than enough valid signatures to put it on the ballot.

Judge John Pekas ruled that since the Secretary of State’s Office has already certified the measure, the arguments should have been directed against that office.

Gov. Kristi Noem praised former president Donald Trump in an RNC speech themed around South Dakota as an example of "Making America Wealthy Again."

At the Republican National Convention on Monday, South Dakota Lt. Gov Larry Rhoden jestfully said Mt. Rushmore might have room for another president.

South Dakota's Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, once considered a possible Trump running mate, boasted of her state’s economic record and praised the GOP nominee. “He is the toughest man that I have ever met,” she said. “Nobody has endured more than ...