As expected, Governor Larry Rhoden is punting property tax relief to the counties. Instead of building on the numerous proposals the Legislature’s interim task force…
Month: January 2026
RV Voters Purged? Petitioners working to refer zoning for a data center to a public vote in Sioux Falls learned this week that they need…
On January 6, Senate Majority “Leader” John Thune assured us no one is seriously thinking of invading Greenland: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on…
Donald Trump’s assault on the rule of law and simple humanity in Minnesota has prompted a call for a general strike on Friday, January 23.…
Our teachers are plenty handsome, but… South Dakota is less attractive to teachers than any of its neighboring states except for one—Minnesota! So said the…
The savage demolition of the arms of the federal government that don’t shoot people is impacting South Dakota’s state budget. According to the budget briefing…
Representative John Sjaarda (R-2/Valley Springs) is persistent. In addition to bringing back his failed 2025 bill to ban test-tube meat, Rep. Sjaarda is also recycling…
Strange that a company announcing that it will pay its own costs of doing business should make the news. But the oligarchs of surveillance capitalism…
Boy, with our great tariff war, we’re sure fixing China’s wagon… if by “fixing China’s wagon” you mean helping them move more cargo to more…
Representative Spencer Gosch (R-23/Glenham) reverses his usual Republican tack of supporting Legislative ballot questions that take away South Dakotans’ rights and sponsors House Joint Resolution…