Farm bill! Farm bill! The House Agriculture Committee posted its first public draft of the 2018 Farm Bill yesterday. Corporate welfare—farm subsidies—stay the same, but…
Month: April 2018
Oregon has become the second state to enact legislation promoting net neutrality. On Tuesday, Governor Kate Brown signed a law that, starting January 2019, will…
Dakota War College discusses Republican U.S. House candidate Neal Tapio’s meager first-quarter fundraising report. $7,555 in individual contributions, $12,000 spent just to keep Shad Olson…
Patrick Lalley keeps having me on the air, and KSOO keeps its broadcast license. That should be news in itself. On Tuesday’s program, Lalley asked…
An anonymous reader mentioned that Rep. Lynne DiSanto, currently fighting a primary battle against Ryan Smith to claim the GOP nomination for the District 35…
The prescription drug price cap goes to the November ballot as Initiated Measure 26. Yesterday Secretary of State Shantel Krebs reported that she estimates the…
South Dakota’s next big pipeline won’t carry oil; it’ll carry wastewater from Agropur’s Lake Norden cheese plant to the Big Sioux River. According to documents…
DevelopIn their bids for governor, Marty Jackley and Kristi Noem are floating all sorts of airy-fairy economic development plans. Billie Sutton responds with a hodgepodge…
The Ninth Circuit dealt a blow to the USDA’s Beef Checkoff program Monday. The court upheld a lower court ruling and said the USDA can’t…
The Spink County Planning and Zoning Commission turned down Arrow Farms’ application for a big confined animal feeding operation permit yesterday: A permit for a…