The Pfeifles must be buttering the right bread. In April, Governor Dennis Daugaard appointed Jane Wipf Pfeifle as a judge in the Seventh Circuit. She…
Month: May 2015
I’m not sure whether to read the closing of the Veblen Senior Meals program and the decline in participation in the program in neighboring towns as bad news or good…
Annette Bosworth continues to testify in her perjury trial this afternoon. Much has been said, much will still be said. Permit me to summarize a central point…
Gordon Howie criticizes billboards posted by “Healing Rapid City” around town to ease racial tensions and promote conversations. Howie’s photos show two of the billboards with the following…
The program for the public informational session on the petition drives to refer SB 69 and SB 177 just got more interesting: Joining the spectrum-spanning roster speaking…
Two proposed ballot initiatives have cleared another hurdle to petition circulation. On Wednesday, Attorney General Marty Jackley published his explanations of the initiatives proposed by Bob Newland…
Governing summarizes new Census data on city populations for 2014. Over the last four years, the Midwest has seen the second-slowest urban population growth of the…
We’ve plowed ground like this before, but the end of the school year brings my happy household another reminder of the porous separation of church and…
The South Dakota Animal Industry Board yesterday issued Minnesota fur farm operator Terri Petter a license to house wolf pups and fox kits in Deadwood. The…
Senator Rand Paul kept Senator Mike Rounds from making his maiden floor speech yesterday afternoon. That might be enough reason to nominate Paul for President. Senator…