Instead of denigrating democracy like elitist Republicans do against insolent citizens who dare challenge the supremacy of the Legislature, the Chiesman Center for Democracy has…
Month: October 2017
On Monday, Attorney General Marty Jackley appointed former lawman and legislator Gene Abdallah to the Board of Pardons and Paroles. Before Abdallah takes that seat,…
My day ends on a happy note: some of my fellow South Dakotans had the good sense to disinvite out-of-state anti-Muslim conspiracy mongerer Ron Branstner and…
The South Dakota Democratic Party isn’t just sounding the alarm about all the harm the Trump Administration is doing to rural America (check out their…
In August, I mentioned that Attorney General Marty Jackley signed South Dakota onto a friend-of-the-court brief in a water-rights case pitting the Agua Caliente tribe of California…
The Public Utilities Commission yesterday rejected an application from Minnesota-based Geronimo Energy to build the Crocker Wind Farm in Clark County. Geronimo says its project…
Health consulting firm Avalere analyzes the 2018 ACA insurance exchange market and finds premiums on “silver” plans will rise by an average of 34%: Avalere…
Donald Trump probably hasn’t read The Handmaid’s Tale. But his failed effort this week to use his power to restrain a young woman from having an…
The number of women raising concerns about a sexually hostile work environment in the South Dakota Legislature, coupled with the sleazy behavior in which former…
I hope you fancy Sioux Falls lawyers got your RSVPs in—Marty needs a headcount now so he can bring enough hors d’oeuvres and Hy-Vee wine to…