Newly elected Rapid City mayor Jason Salamun is admitting he doesn’t really have a mandate to govern. After beating four other candidates in the June…
Month: July 2023
Jason Ravnsborg’s job prospects don’t look good. He’s a liar. He’s a killer. He’s the only public official ever impeached in South Dakota. He’s a…
Lawrence County appears to agree with Dakotans for Health that citizens have a right to discuss and circulate petitions at the courthouse door. Less than…
Brookings resident Mick Jensen tweets this unpleasant ridiculousness sullying the drive to Madison on Highway 81: These scrawly billboards epitomize the contradictive lies and hypocrisy…
Bluestem Prairie recommends an arguably Lutheran approach to South Dakota’s poet laureate kerfuffle by rallying writers to a ministry of all rhymers: Given that South…
It’s not just veterans with mental health issues who have trouble dealing with the stress of administering schools. The latest Rand Corporation American School District…
The Legislature’s interim Study Committee on County Funding and Services held its second meeting yesterday. A presentation on the money counties spend on healthcare prompted…
I mentioned yesterday that the South Dakota Department of Transportation’s draft Carbon Reduction Strategy is kind of milquetoasty without any commitment to measuring the results…
While superintendent of the Northwestern Area School District, Ryan Bruns spoke publicly on a variety of political issues related to education funding and policy. The…
The Iowa Legislature met in special session yesterday and passed a bill banning abortion after six weeks of gestation. Governor Kim Reynolds, who convened the…