Our ridiculous Trumpist racism has cost South Dakota some international students: …international student enrollment increased by 23 students this fall at South Dakota Mines, a…
Month: December 2025
One good defense against a raging police state is a community willing to play fuzzbuster: The South Dakota Highway Patrol didn’t visit Brookings for a…
The Wall Street Journal updates us on the treasure that tax-dodging plutocrats are hiding in South Dakota: South Dakota is one of a handful of…
Senator Michael Rohl (R-1/Aberdeen) has been acting strangely for a Republican, filing bills to raise taxes and not hurt the initiative process. He returns to…
Mugwumps and reasonable legislators may come together to stop future governors from abusing the economic development funds the way Kristi Noem did. The first bill…
Tax hike! Tax hike! A Republican legislator is proposing a tax hike! Senator Michael Rohl (R-1/Aberdeen) proposes Senate Bill 7 to increase South Dakota’s tax…
Among our Christmas blessings is Rick Knobe’s report that his 79-year-old body and mind have passed the medical tests he’s undergone this fall. Alas, not…
If a corporation brings a $550-million project to South Dakota, you can bet there will be government handouts, and you can bet the cronies handing…
The first bill affecting initiative and referendum is in the hopper, and surprisingly, it is not an attack on direct democracy. Instead, Republican (!) Senator…
Rookie anti-government Representative Travis Ismay (R-28B/Vale) files the first individual House bill of the 2026 Session, House Bill 1004, in which he takes another swing…