The Lawrence County Commission shows some good sense and again votes down a proposal to mine the rim of Spearfish Canyon for gold. In a…
Month: November 2020
Governor Tim Walz sees his dear state of Minnesota catching up with its unhealthy Dakota neighbors in coronavirus, and he’s doing something about it: “This…
South Dakota reported yesterday that coronavirus cases are taking up 607 hospital beds and 100 intensive care unit (ICU) beds. That’s 22% of our hospital…
Republicans are making clear their commitment to lying in their reckless resistance to science-based pandemic response and in their blatant rejection of the plain fact…
Sioux Falls City Councilman Greg Neitzert justified his vote against a mask mandate in Sioux Falls last night by saying there’s no evidence mask mandates…
New Senate President Pro-Tem Lee Schoenbeck (R-5/Lake Kampeska) has assigned new chairs to every committee but Education. Among Lee’s more laugh-riotous picks is anointed Senator…
My proposal for maximizing the use of our federal coronavirus relief funds included spending $200 million to hire additional tutors, teachers, and educational technology specialists…
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams is touring South Dakota. He checked out Indian Health Services in Rapid City yesterday; today he visits a coronavirus mass…
On October 27, Deputy Transportation Secretary Joel Jundt gave $1,000 to Governor Kristi Noem’s campaign fund. On November 9, Governor Noem gave Jundt the job…
Expect more mindless pablum from South Dakota’s Republican leaders. While Governor Kristi Noem sequesters herself on a social media refuge for hypocritical white-supremacist snowflakes, to…