If you don’t have plans for Tuesday evening in Rapid City yet, go hear six smart people talk about “Truth in the News.” Democracy in…
Month: July 2018
In better pipeline news, the Grant County Commission revoked the legally dubious permission it granted CAFOs to run poop pipes through county rights of way:…
How’d all that oil get on the ground? TransCanada’s Keystone pipeline ruptured and spewed 9,700 barrels of oil* onto the South Dakota prairie just southeast…
Instead of talking about raising wages, South Dakota’s corporate-Republican leadership excuses low wages by alleging that it costs less to live here. I’ve regularly explained…
2020—Carter’s vision, if not reëlection campaign. While Donald Trump and pious toadies like Scott Pruitt make a mockery of Christianity, Rev. Carl Kline of Brookings…
The Public Utilities Commission is following up on its promise to see that corporate tax cuts turn into utility bill breaks for South Dakotans. Bob…
The scandalously venal, paranoid, farmer-dissing petrocrat Scott Pruitt resigned from his position as Environmental Protection Agency boss yesterday. On the way out the door, he…
Republicans play class warfare. Consider today’s post from Dakota War College, in which Pat Powers slimes Democratic candidate for U.S. House Tim Bjorkman for riding…
Petition law mattered to the state when the Attorney General wanted to nail Annette Bosworth and Chad Haber. But two lawsuits this summer have the…
Lori Walsh is bringing a major improvement to South Dakota Public Broadcasting’s coverage of Legislative races. In the past, SDPB did canned videos for YouTube…