The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Teachers and Students released its 34-page, 29-recommendation final report on November 11, 2015. Governor Dennis Daugaard’s initial reaction to his task force’s report…
Month: December 2015
Former state education secretaries Rick Melmer and Tom Oster, both appointees of Mike Rounds, run a consulting firm, Dakota Education Services. According to one of…
Connor Byron Hanson is on trial for the January murder of Anthony Lee Gabriel of Sioux Falls. But don’t call Gabriel a “victim,” at least not during…
Rep. Shawn Bordeaux (D-26A/Mission) thinks that if we get more Indians voting, more resources will get to Indians: There is an undeniable connection between voter participation…
?We go together like blamma-blamma-blamma, now drink-a-drink-drink-a-drink…? Hey, Kessler’s! For those of us who don’t plan to drink and shoot this weekend, could you transfer that…
Our Congressional delegation isn’t speaking out as forcefully as it should to protect their party and their country from Donald Trump’s fascism. Senator Mike Rounds isn’t offering…
My post this morning on Dr. Chicoine’s impending reliance on Monsanto for the bulk of his income got one eager reader reviewing the complete list of…
Here’s how the 2016 U.S. House campaign will go. Democratic candidate and State Representative Paula Hawks will make an intelligent observation. The GOP spin blog will then miss…
Dr. David Chicoine is taking a big pay cut as he steps down from the presidency of South Dakota State University. Right now he’s making…
Sorry, Mr. Spitzer: it sounds like Aberdeen wants to be more like Minnesota. Yesterday’s referendum in Aberdeen on issuing $7.7 million in bonds to build a new public library…