Both of South Dakota’s Republican gubernatorial candidates are pushing to collect sales tax from out-of-state online vendors. One Aberdeen businesswoman is pushing back. Former city…
Month: March 2018
Well, nuts. It looks like this year all the crummy ballot questions are qualifying while most of the good ones aren’t. Secretary of State Shantel…
The Department of Public Safety’s Crash Analysis Tool breaks down accidents by county. As we’d expect, where there are more people, there are more crashes:…
Speaking of car wrecks, the Department of Public Safety offers hours of clickable fun with its online Crash Analysis Tool (SDCAT! how can you not…
The bad news is that South Dakota saw an 11% jump in traffic fatalities in 2017. The good news is compared to history and other…
CAFO-crazy city slicker G. Mark Mickelson batted .500 in getting Legislative wins this Session for his CAFO consulting firm, A-1 Development Solutions. We beat back…
Ah, the Deadwood Standard Project! I haven’t heard about that Spearfish Canyon mining project for some time. Deadwood Standard is in the news for agreeing…
I don’t know about the rest of you, but the Legislative districts criss-crossing Brown County are fielding full slates of Democrats. District 1, one of…
…But Real Thanks Go to Uncle Sam! Marty Jackley’s first gubernatorial campaign ad, launched last week, includes this sentence at second 11: Marty Jackley created…
No, really: Sara Frankenstein worked under Marty Jackley while he was in private practice at Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson, and Ashmore in Rapid City. Frankenstein has…