Stu Whitney submits a rich political biography of South Dakota’s next Presidential candidate, Kristi Noem. Whitney’s tour de force includes a great summary of Noem’s…
Month: October 2022
One part of the market in South Dakota that shouldn’t be ailing is services for old people. The state has a growing number of old…
The Minneapolis Fed, with help from the Minnesota state tourism office and the state’s hotel lobbying group, surveyed over 300 tourism businesses in late August…
When you’re holding a slim and questionable lead in a political race, one of the last things you should do is alienate the press and…
South Dakota’s near-total abortion ban would fail if put to a statewide vote. Such is the indication of the SDSU Poll, which asked 565 registered…
Backers of Amendment D for Medicaid expansion toured the state in September to get out the vote. Now backers of Initiated Measure 27 for marijuana…
Predictably, Governor Kristi Noem is not willing to call a Special Session to enact her new campaign promise to repeal the food tax. She rejected…
Oh, wait: I guess we can apply laws before they go into effect. SDPB reports that judge has revoked all of the permits the City…
Morning Consult gives Kristi Noem’s campaign a bit of data to push back against the SDSU Poll. Professor David Wiltse has revised his calculations to…
Representative Phil Jensen (R-33/Rapid City) is mostly useless and occasionally harmful to good government. But every now and then, like when he leaked the transcript…