An eager reader notices Speaker G. Mark Mickelson’s (R-12/Sioux Falls) hypocrisy on funding state functions with unhealthy habits. Speaker Mickelson says there’s no way he’ll support…
Month: April 2017
The Aberdeen American News interviews local legislators— —oops! Wrong headline… Today’s front-pager has area Republicans signaling they want to revisit campaign finance, an issue on which they ran…
In February, Iowa passed a new law limiting the collective bargaining rights of teachers and other public employees. AFSCME, which represents public employees, sued right away; now the Iowa teachers’ union…
In ongoing signs that the Trump Administration does know how to talk about, let alone solve, pressing global problems, Donald Trump babbles about North Korea…
U.S. Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions is showing his racist stripes. Under the familiar guise of “local control” (read: states’ rights), the U.S. Attorney General yesterday ordered…
NPR’s social science feature on today’s Morning Edition discussed research showing that people who practice a ritual, even newly learned, seemingly meaningless ritual, show more trust for people who perform…
Governor Dennis Daugaard met with tribal officials last week to discuss tribal concerns with Senate Bill 176, the anti-protest law (yes, law: the Legislature included an…
“Attorney General Marty Jackley would like to remind South Dakotans that this week is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week,” but he apparently doesn’t want to remind…
Julia when the leaves turn from green to brown and autumn shades come tumbling down Julia to leave a carpet on the…
Whoo-hoo! KSDN Radio posts Don Briscoe’s interview with me about the 2017 Legislative Session! We also discuss some upcoming ballot measures and even talk a little…