Nodding and smiling at Trump Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta’s call for cutting occupational licensure requirements, Governor Dennis Daugaard says South Dakota should get rid of…
Month: August 2017
Some of my more fearful right-wing neighbors have made at least a parlor game, if not a cottage industry, out of forging wild conspiracy theories…
Speaker G. Mark Mickelson has received approval from the Secretary of State to start circulating his unconstitutional proposal to ban out-of-staters from contributing to ballot…
No South Dakota official has been held accountable in a court of law for the monkeyshines in our state’s exploitation of the EB-5 visa investment…
Education Secretary Melody Schopp raised my eyebrows with her claim last week that the Mid-Central Educational Cooperative scandal didn’t lose any federal GEAR UP grant…
The illiterate SDGOP spin blog is back to appealing to the Cost of Living Fairy to justify South Dakota’s low teacher pay. In January 2016,…
Speaking of Lake County, defenders of democracy and good government should head to the Broadwater on Lake Madison next Tuesday, August 8, for the Lake…
Who’s the only South Dakota political party that grew in July? The Libertarians! Party Change July 5 to August 1 GOP -0.29% Dem -0.49% NPA/Ind…
My old home folks in Lake County are up to some democracy. My friend Steven Kant is helping circulate a petition to refer Lake County’s newly…
Speaker G. Mark Mickelson wants to raise taxes on tobacco to subsidize vo-tech tuition. His proposed initiative foresees up to $20 million in new vo-tech revenue…