America was made a little more secure last week by Kristi Noem’s early departure from the Department of Homeland Security. But her family’s federally subsidized…
Category: South Dakota
Senator Arch Beal (R-12/Sioux Falls) was too sick to attend a single day of Session this year, but he apparently feels well enough to run…
After four years of effort, Representative Kadyn Wittman’s (D-15/Sioux Falls) effort to pay for more school meals for kids is finally law. At Aberdeen’s Holgate…
Governor Larry Rhoden issued his second veto of the 2026 Session Wednesday, framing an effort to regulate non-medical home care as doing not enough and…
Brookings got a new locally owned newspaper, the Brookings Beacon, out of the out-of-state corporate divestment and reacquisition of the Brookings Register last summer. Now Connecticut-base…
Radical right-wing Freedom Caucus member and Representative Tina Mulally (R-35/Rapid City) made a farewell speech on the House floor on Tuesday, March 10. (Rep. Mulally’s…
(Stalwarts… isn’t that what you get from sitting on the toilet too long reading posts on Truth Social?) Aberdeen’s economic development crowd is making a…
Yesterday Governor Larry Rhoden signed the two sensible regulations on data centers that the 2026 Legislature approved. The more sweeping bill, Senate Bill 135, requires…
Hey, did you hear all that talk about rehabilitation and recidivism during the 2026 Legislative Session? No, neither did I, and neither did Representative Brian…
The South Dakota Democratic Party announced last week that it has fielded candidates in 83% of South Dakota’s Legislative districts. 83% of 35 districts is…