Today at 1 p.m. in Pierre, Judge Mark Barnett hears the lawsuit Republican legislators and the Family Heritage Alliance have filed to kill Initiated Measure…
Month: December 2016
I know a nine-degree day in Aberdeen is not the best day to talk about global warming. I should have posted on climate change on November…
South Dakota and Minnesota have increased their minimum wages over the last couple of years, but neither has taken the great leap of Seattle, which raised its…
I just heard Seth Tupper wonder aloud on Dakota Midday why we don’t delay the implementation of voter-approved ballot measures a little longer so state and local officials…
I feel like Governor Daugaard is using IM22 the way Donald Trump uses Twitter: to distract us from his policy failures. Trump flunks foreign policy by tweaking…
Governor Dennis Daugaard identified Initiated Measure 22 as Budget Enemy #1 in his budget address yesterday. He says the $4.9 million ($9 times 546,615 currently…
I thought that, even if Governor Dennis Daugaard’s foot-dragging and Donald Trump’s victory mean South Dakota never cashes in on Medicaid expansion, we could still save some…
KOTA-TV reports that more than 60 people attended the Haakon County Commission meeting in Philip yesterday to hear about the proposed Deep Borehole Field Test. The…
Governor Dennis Daugaard just finished perhaps the most boring budget address of his gubernatorial career. With revenues lagging, there’s not much room for bold new initiatives.…
Lucas Murray asked the Aberdeen City Council last night why the public can’t fish near the dam on the Elm River next to the city’s…