The South Dakota Blogosphere Democracy and Petition Picnic happens this Saturday, September 12, here at my house in Aberdeen! If you’re reading this, you’re invited!…
Month: September 2015
Convinced that there’s too much testing in public education, the Minnesota Legislature this year cut its state Department of Education’s testing budget from $42 million to…
The Sisseston school district continues to wallow in racism with its “Redmen” logo. Local American Indian youth continue a fight that made news last February to persuade…
Senator John Thune held a field hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee at Dakota State University in Madison on Thursday, September 3. (Thune…
A right-wing group that likes fanning false fears of voter fraud has attacked five South Dakota counties for having more registered voters than voting-age residents. On August 27,…
Hey, young South Dakotans! Sign up now to get your teaching certificate from South Dakota’s Regental universities! You’ll get to dedicate 40 to 50 of your 120 credits to education…
A number of Yankton-area residents are suing Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Lewis & Clark Specialty Hospital, and doctors and administrators who allowed disgraced physician Dr. Allen…
Dr. David Newquist’s concise political history of the transformation of the Homestake Mine into the Sanford Underground Research Facility contends that governors Mike Rounds and Dennis Daugaard…
South Dakota isn’t just short on teachers or skilled labor. It’s apparently short on applicants for even basic, low-skill positions like retail. The labor shortage…