Rep. Mathew Wollmann (R-8/Madison) isn’t on the Blue Ribbon K-12 panel, even though he works in a K-12 school district. But the freshman Rep. isn’t letting…
Month: July 2015
The Blue Ribbon K-12 panel is meeting right now in Pierre (listen live online via SDPB). This afternoon they’ll hear from Michael Griffith, senior policy analyst for…
South Dakota Public Broadcasting acts as state government’s propaganda wing by promoting Ag United’s dairy tours, in which Big Ag tells South Dakotans that organic…
Steve Hickey’s leaving the Legislature and coming to Aberdeen? Whoo-hoo! Howdy, neighbor! Oops—the other Aberdeen. Scotland, says Kevin Woster: One of the things I like…
Dakota Rural Action has a new energy initiative, Solarize South Dakota, to promote sustainability and self-sufficiency. This new program, launched yesterday, wants South Dakotans to start by doing their…
The Blue Ribbon K-12 task force starts its first meeting in Pierre this morning at 9:30 Central. The Governor’s handpicked panel will be talking K-12 funding,…
The Supreme Court’s declaration that marriage is a basic Constitutional right regardless of whether one wants to marry a man or a woman put South…
In his zeal to swear at Rick Weiland, call him names, and tell him to “shut up,” Pat Powers doesn’t bother to read the actual draft…
Executive editor J.J. Perry announces that the Aberdeen American News will be taking marriage announcements from everyone able to legally marry in South Dakota, including same-sex couples: Those…
In our continuing effort to burst Governor Dennis Daugaard’s hogwash bubble, USA Today notes that South Dakota has no income tax and still ranks us as the eighth worst state…