Senator Mike Rounds, who sure as heck wouldn’t have wanted an audit of his EB-5 program and Future Fund grants when he was Governor, says he wants…
Month: July 2016
Speaking of the man I will replace in the South Dakota Senate, David Novstrup said raising the minimum wage would bring all sorts of bad economic consequences. He…
In his report on his Legislative Interim work, Senator Arthur Rusch (R-17/Vermillion) brings up an issue that I think surfaced in one of our earlier blog…
South Dakota Public Broadcasting’s Dakota Midday is hosting a discussion of the decline of the South Dakota Democratic Party since the Kneip/McGovern years. Host Lori Walsh will interview Jon…
The man I will replace in the South Dakota Senate wants back into government. Perhaps wanting to make sure the city keeps issuing his dad’s Thunder Road the…
Hold off on that trip to Pierre! I hear from Rev. Steve Hickey that the payday lender lawsuit to yank Initiated Measure 21, the real 36% rate cap, from our…
Bob Mercer reports that the South Dakota Supreme Court has sent a legal challenge against Michael Crinion’s proposed 3,999-head factory dairy in the Lake Hendricks watershed…
Speaking of EB-5, Vermont, the only state besides South Dakota to run its own EB-5 program, has quickly secured a financial settlement in its EB-5 scandal. Just two…
Republican blogger John Tsitrian makes two remarkable statements in his July 4 post on corruption and voting in South Dakota. In the undercard, Tsitrian says…
The trial of the week takes place in Pierre Thursday and Friday, July 7 and 8, when Judge Mark Barnett hears the payday lenders’ latest…