Along with approving the FY 2020 budget in the dark of night, our blizzard-spooked legislators pulled $6.6 million out of reserves to balance this year’s…
Month: March 2019
The University of South Dakota put federal public defender Neil Fulton in charge of our law school last week. USD passed over two out-of-staters with…
So what have we gotten from Donald Trump’s trade war? How about $7.8 billion less in economic activity: President Donald Trump’s trade battles cost the…
In his excellent essay this week on rioting and South Dakota’s corporate fascism, Dr. David Newquist reminds us that Governor Kristi Noem’s rushed anti-protest bills…
In a lesson for Americans seeking responsive government, a Trumpist white supremacist (that’s redundant) shoots 49 people to death in New Zealand, and New Zealand…
Representative Drew Dennert (R-3/Aberdeen) finally got kids the lemonade tax exemption he promised them. After failing to get a similar measure through the House last…
The Senate spared Governor Kristi Noem the agony of having to consider another possible violation of her promise that “We Won’t Raise Taxes” with the…
This week Governor Kristi Noem signed two bills to keep ambitious candidates like Lance Russell out of trouble… and endorsed two colliding election laws. Recall…
Donald Trump declared his fake emergency to circumvent Congressional rejection of his useless border ego wall on February 15. 27 days later, the Republican-controlled Senate…
The Legislature has kept Governor Noem’s promise that “We Won’t Raise Taxes,” at least electronic cigarettes. On Tuesday, the House concurred with the Senate’s amendment…