In September 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined Smithfield Foods $13,494, the maximum allowed by law, for failing to protect its Sioux Falls…
Month: November 2021
Yesterday I reported that the Senate-loved Sparrow map piles five Republican incumbents into the three-seat Moody-Minnehaha District 25. One of those crowded incumbents, Representative Steven…
South Dakotans appear to be responding with enthusiasm to my urging that they sign up for the panel Governor Kristi Noem is wastefully summoning to…
Kelby Krabbenhoft made medically incorrect statements that undermined Sanford Health’s mission to protect public health, and Sanford Health had to give him $49.5 million to…
Inflation is an economic phenomenon, and economic phenomena are influenced by all participants in the economy. It thus makes sense that, as Neil Irwin writes…
But hey—let’s not fuss about redistricting and campaign finance; let’s go kill us some otters! River otters are rare to see in person, but in…
The SDGOP spin blog brags for its sponsor Kristi Noem that the part-time Governor and full-time campaigner has raised over $10 million since her last…
The United States Marshals who defied U.S. District Judge Charles Kornmann’s coronavirus safety protocols in May will face no judicial penalty, not because they did…
When the Government Operations and Audit Committee finally punches through its Republican-imposed red tape, the committee has 24 questions for Sherry Bren, the creator and…