In proposing zero increase in the target teacher salary that determines K-12 funding, Governor Kristi Noem is ignoring state law. The Governor is proposing $8.9…
Month: December 2019
Speaking of journalism, the Trump campaign is no longer credentialing Michael Bloomberg’s reporters at Trump campaign events: President Trump’s 2020 campaign announced Monday that it…
Governor Kristi Noem says “we can’t trust the media to tell the truth.” But she apparently can trust the media to do her bidding in…
I didn’t hear anything about that “Next Big Thing” Kristi Noem said she’d be looking for, but the Governor’s first regular budget address did include…
I came home from my long Thanksgiving trip Sunday to find my a three-foot wall of snow blocking the sidewalk to my house and more…
The Government Operations and Audit Committee’s new education subgroup wants to spend some money. At yesterday’s tele-meeting, the education headhunters said they want to hire…
Governor Kristi Noem gets one small political victory before she ascends the podium for today’s budget address: after rushing an Attorney General’s investigation that found…
It’s been a rough couple weeks for Kristi Noem. She stuck her boot in South Dakota’s mouth with her unexpectedly (?!?) ridiculous and ridiculously expensive…
Back when he was trying to justify his vote for Trump’s billionaire tax cuts, Senator Marion Michael Rounds claimed that enacting those tax cuts would…
Speaking of Northern and its need to boost revenues, NSU President Timothy Downs is recommending offering more summer classes: In Aberdeen, Northern is looking at…