Representative Will Mortenson (R-24/Pierre) disagrees with Rick Weiland, Governor Noem, and a lot of South Dakotans about cutting the food tax. But I hope we…
Month: April 2023
Governor Kristi Noem said a lot on Twitter and on second-tier wingnut media this week. Remarkably, she did not say anything about citizens launching a…
President Joe Biden addressed the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last night in our nation’s capital. He opened with serious comments on the importance of the…
During the 2022 Session, to deflect calls for action to prevent corrupt financial dealings in South Dakota’s trust industry, Republican legislators expressed supreme confidence in…
In another sign of market failure in South Dakota, capitalists are sitting around waiting for government handouts to build affordable housing: In Jeremy Jensen’s eyes,…
We’d better hope those rare-earth elements up in North Dakota didn’t also get sprinkled into the Black Hills; otherwise, we might have a hard time…
South Dakota’s elected officials talk about South Dakotans’ work ethic as if working hard is somehow unique to South Dakota: In Murdo I learned the…
Another player in Governor Kristi Noem’s feud with the Legislature over $200 million in housing funds is leaving state government. This time, the departure is…
The SDSU Collegian lands a meaty interview with South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson. Among the notable quotes: Dusty says the most important thing to get right…
KELO-TV picks up a press release from the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources announcing the discovery of a “massive” deposit of critical minerals like…