The South Dakota Democratic Party has hired a new communications director. For the guy they hired, Michael Ewald, that’s probably the headline of the year. From the…
Month: January 2016
At this rate, Rick Weiland may end up getting more constructive laws passed than Mike Rounds…. Secretary of State Shantel Krebs certified Rick Weiland and Drey Samuelson’s open non-partisan…
The early entrants in the Legislative hopper include a lot of seemingly small provisions. Here’s a Friday snack platter of nibbles around the policy edges: HB…
The South Dakota Lottery Commission gave state government’s favored advertiser Lawrence & Schiller $950,000 to rebrand the state’s gambling activities. Here’s what we get for our money: Lawrence…
Bob Mercer sat in on Thursday’s meeting of the South Dakota Lottery Commission and learned that the new Hard Rock Casino in Sioux City kept video lottery growth…
Aberdeen’s Harvey Jewett, who’s coming up on his twentieth year of Regenting, spoke to the local paper this week about the upcoming Legislative Session and higher…
In today’s Oopsie! file, former state legislator Ryan Maher has been having a little trouble keeping between the ditches. From this week’s Timber Lake Topic:…
Shannon Marvel has a new (paywalled) article online for the Aberdeen American News (sure to hit Friday’s print edition) about the staff shortage at the South Dakota…
Bob Mercer reports that Governor Dennis Daugaard has named Scott Herman to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Stacy Phelps last fall. One Todd County…