EB-5, Islam, legislative religious posturing, philosophy, racism, and hemp—those are among the topics that got you talking the most on this blog in 2015! Below are…
Month: December 2015
Did Art Marmorstein just call me Charles Manson? I’ve tried to be nice to local columnist, history professor, and neighbor Art Marmorstein. I’ve learned that conservative NSU profs are not…
Angela Kennecke reports that in the first years of its GEAR UP program, South Dakota spent $14 million over six years with the intent of sending three…
The State of South Dakota is providing a low-interest loan to help three Kadoka entrepreneurs make moonshine: The South Dakota Value Added Finance Authority voted 5-0…
As promised, the latest Dakota Free Press poll asks you, dear readers, to vote on proposals you’d like the South Dakota Legislature to pass in 2016. I offer…
Hail, South Dakota, a great state of the land! Cronyism, secrets, and tax-dodging—that’s what makes her grand! That song came to mind the last time…
My erstwhile State Senator Russell Olson returns to Pierre as the newest Game Fish and Parks Commissioner: “Russ will be a great addition to the Game,…
Here’s a farm program guaranteed not to suffer from state subsidy or other corporate favors from Pierre: the Deuel County Chapter of Dakota Rural Action is hosting an…
My post of Indian voting rights in Jackson County last Wednesday leads to a discussion of taxation, county consolidation, UFOs (really!), economic development, and, ultimately, Bill Dithmer’s…