My inbox runneth over with interesting events around the state for progressive folks who’d like to promote the general welfare. Here’s a sampling: Friday and…
Month: August 2016
The latest Dakota Free Press poll finds strong support among blog readers for Amendment V, the open non-partisan primary proposal. Conducted from Sunday, August 28, through breakfast…
Prevailing Winds moved yesterday to withdraw its application to build a 100-turbine, 201-megawatt wind farm in Bon Homme and Charles Mix counties. In a document submitted to…
Rep. Dan Dryden (R-34/Rapid City) died yesterday. Rep. Dryden was running for re-election to the House, along with fellow Republican Senator Craig Tieszen and Democratic challenger Steve…
Sioux Falls petitioner Bruce Danielson informs me that the city has disqualified every sheet of the initiative petition he submitted last week with the signatures of over 6,400…
As some anonymous clique prepares more monthly Klan meetings in Aberdeen, I encourage my neighbors to review this statement from the Reverend Michael Rinehart, Bishop of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod of…
One possible reason for South Dakota’s low wages and nationwide, wage stagnation over the past generation: declining union membership. Marketplace visits with Washington University professor Jake Rosenfeld, who…
In today’s Republican nominee hypocrisy file… Donald Trump says he’s committed to “ensuring the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes.” Yet purported billionaire Trump is…
I return to the South Dakota Board of Regents Occupational Wages Dashboard and find South Dakota doesn’t pay the worst wages in the nation. In general, workers…
I may not win South Dakota Right to Life’s endorsement, but at least they find me more interesting than my opponent in the District 3 Senate race.…