I haven’t heard my District 3 Senator David Novstrup taking any leadership in advocating for raising teacher pay. But he is taking the lead in advocating putting…
Month: February 2016
While boycott talk bubbles (that’s been a popular post today), I have a practical question about House Bill 1107, Rep. Rev. Scott Craig’s “religious freedom” bill: just what…
In the biggest Sioux Falls Democratic Forum of 2016 so far, Forum director Tom Cool tells me that his hardy band of southeastern South Dakota Dems…
I know Miranda Gohn. I met her in person during my 2014 blog tour. She’s an Aberdeen neighbor and a friend who helped me with some…
Add another Democrat to the Legislative candidates column. Michael Hanson, property manager and Box Elder city planner, has taken out a petition to run for District…
House Bill 1107 would allow business owners to actively discriminate against LGBTQ South Dakotans, unmarried parents, and anyone else whose sexual habits contravene their religious beliefs. Is it time for South Dakotans who believe such…
Human Rights Watch says South Dakota is leading a nationwide surge of irrational anti-transgender legislation with House Bill 1008, Rep. Fred Deutsch’s (R-5/Watertown) paranoid potty bill. Ryan Thoreson…
My post last week attempting to explain the new Blue Ribbon K-12 funding formula proposed by Governor Daugaard in Senate Bill 131 drew plenty fire from folks…
The City of Aberdeen wants us all to be civilized in its public spaces… or else! The city has adopted a patron conduct policy that…