Voters in most states leaned progressive in Tuesday’s votes not only in their choices of candidates but also in their stances on ballot measures. The…
Month: November 2025
Independent U.S. Senate candidate Brian Bengs tells his email followers that last night’s elections, in which Democrats swept votes across the country, prove that “Our…
Changes the Legislature made this year to the initiative process created one more difference in how the Secretary of State dealt with the initiatives launched…
The sponsors of the initiative to replace property taxes with a retail transaction tax moved quickly this weekend to keep their petition drive alive, and…
Secretary Noem better do something to bring more federal dollars to Indian Country and South Dakota. Her boss just killed the Community Development Financial Institutions…
Kristi Noem has a chance to bring some federal gravy to South Dakota. The Legislature’s State-Tribal Relations Committee is recommending that the person 18th in…
In August, Brookings Register managing editor Josh Linehan lamented the sudden closure of his hometown newspaper and said out-of-state corporate ownership kills local news. Linehan…
Last week the Watertown City Council authorized city manager Alan Stager to apply for a $4.75-million Federal Aviation Administration grant to install a solar farm…
The change in leadership at the Department of Corrections has produced one small, sensible course correction: a pause in the frivolous rebranding of our Pheasantland…
The ongoing discussions of alternative tax schemes and property tax relief in South Dakota expose one deep flaw in South Dakota’s political character: we keep…