…or at least not worth AG’s attention. The Attorney General’s office reported to the Government Operations and Audit Committee Tuesday that the majority of state…
Tag: corruption
South Dakotans can be corrupt just like everyone else. This week’s exhibit: Daktronics, paragon of homegrown South Dakota success, landed a big scoreboard deal by…
Let’s see if John Thune’s sympathy for Trump can stand up to this news about the crony motivation behind Il Duce’s imported-beef plan. When Donald Trump…
KSFY’s Beth Warden reports that last week’s firing of State Penitentiary warden Justin Roemmich and two other Corrections officials coincides with “renewed concern over nepotism…
Sioux Falls residents get to vote on five municipal ballot questions this fine Primary Day, all of them amendments to the City Charter requested by…
Representative Will Mortenson (R-24/Fort Pierre) wanted to take one small bite at corruption in Pierre. On Monday, two thirds of his House colleagues said they…
House State Affairs last week approved a measure to state officials from pressuring their minions to contribute to their campaigns. The committee also fixed one…
Representative Will Mortenson (R-24/Fort Pierre) has teamed up with some other level-headed legislators—three House Democrats and Senator Tim Reed (R-7/Brookings)—to propose House Bill 1278, a…
Mugwumps and reasonable legislators may come together to stop future governors from abusing the economic development funds the way Kristi Noem did. The first bill…
If a corporation brings a $550-million project to South Dakota, you can bet there will be government handouts, and you can bet the cronies handing…