A good fifteen months out from the 2018 Republican convention, we have three announced candidates for the SDGOP’s nomination for attorney general. Lawrence County state’s attorney John…
Month: March 2017
A West River neighbor reports receiving two robocalls from the Progressive Priorities PAC. My correspondent says the called played a quote from Barack Obama and…
Self-employed South Dakota musician and Affordable Care Act Marketplace policyholder Jon Hegg lends his voice to an AARP video urging Congress to scrap the Republican ACA…
While trying to sort out the chaos wrought by the Legislature’s repeal of Initiated Measure 22 and its subsequent multipronged tinkerings, I just discovered a…
Here’s today’s just-concluded Watertown town hall with Rep. Kristi Noem, recorded by Anne Weyer. The moderator is former District 5 Senator Ried Holien: Always fun…
I will spend none of this weekend watching any basketball games. However, for you South Dakotans who are watching basketball, who broadcasts every game from…
Governor Dennis Daugaard scratched his veto itch today. Stricken by the Governor’s pen today were these five bills: House Bill 1156: This bill would have allowed individuals with…
Headlines should match their photos, right? One, two, three… yesterday’s Aberdeen job fair sure doesn’t look crowded. The 175 folks laid off by Molded Fiber Glass last month must all…
The Whitetail Fire in Custer State Park this month is one tiny flare-up in a long-term increase in wildfire driven by climate change. The Trump budget…
The pivotal argument in the GEAR UP trials may be a political argument: Guericke’s defense attorney, Mike Butler, says his client’s only crime was trusting Scott…