The first verified detection of the omicron variant of covid-19 in South Dakota, in a 20-something male, prompts straight talk from the state on how…
Month: December 2021
Contrary to nearly every headline on Kristi Noem’s latest culture-war sally, the Governor’s latest draft bill does not ban, block, prevent, or limit any discussion…
Just in time for Christmas, the Watertown Public Opinion last week published Codington County Treasurer Carol Maloney’s naughty list—the property owners who are delinquent on their…
Senators Mike Rounds and John Thune have both advocated making more visas available for foreign workers willing to come work seasonal jobs here in labor-starved…
A couple of SDGOP establishment poobahs tell Jonathan Ellis that, even with the tantalizing prospect of majority leadership, the man from Murdo may have had…
Remember Noem’s big summer purge of the Corrections Department and her big talk about reforms to support guards and other prison workers? Well, evidently, Noem’s…
Kristi Noem, John Thune, Mike Rounds, Dusty Johnson, and other right-wing propagandists have blamed higher gasoline prices on President Joe Biden’s January re-cancellation of the Keystone XL…
Determined to distract us from her nepotism and socialist hypocrisy, Governor Noem issued her third culture-war draft legislation since last Monday. Following up on a…
Last week the Food and Drug Administration made permanent a pandemic-era change that allows women to receive abortion drug mifepristone by mail. This easing of…
Also on the Meade County Commission agenda Tuesday are personnel actions, including the hiring of nine new employees at $17.50 an hour: $17.50 an hour…