Last Friday, Watertown lawyer and former legislator Lee Schoenbeck dropped by the comment section to criticize my excessive coverage of Senator Neal Tapio’s scapegoating and…
Month: January 2018
Rep. Sue Peterson (R-13/Sioux Falls) removed one First Amendment problem from her silly state seal bill, but she exposed another First Amendment problem in her…
Now that the ACLU got Rep. Sue Peterson to “fix” the silly state seal bill, the Legislature can turn to really important matters, like debating…
Brown County has candidates for two of the three county commission seats up for reëlection this year. According to the Secretary of State’s official candidate…
Billie Sutton’s gubernatorial campaign says in a press release that it raised $871,539.07 in its seven months of official campaigning in 2017. Team Sutton’s official…
If there is any such thing as “South Dakota values,” might they include not paying child support? The amount of unpaid child support rose from…
While our various elected officials and candidates grandstand their commitment to “life” by rallying with groups who seek to ban abortion, the Pew Research Center…
From some folks’ perspective, District 19 is bad enough for sending Senator Stace Nelson (R-19/Fulton) to Pierre. Now it may send an honest-to-goodness Bircher to…
The Libertarian and Constitution parties are supposed to get their day in court February 6, when federal Judge Karen Schreier plans to hear arguments in…
…Other Potential House Runners Include Yankton Dem, Brookings Indy, Belle Fourche Lib! The first (and, as of this weekend, only!) Democrat to file a petition…