The gag order that Governor Kristi Noem has imposed across state government leaves citizens in the dark about how elected officials and public agencies are…
Category: South Dakota
Governor Kristi Noem is endorsing Mitchell’s offer to pay (entice, bribe…) people $1,000 to move to the home of the Corn Palace. (That big new…
Lake County voters don’t see any budget crisis. Despite (or perhaps in spite of?) the Madison City Commission’s thinly veiled advocacy, 82.4% of voters in…
The United States Census Bureau reported last week that real median income after taxes fell 8.8% from 2021 to 2022. Note that’s real income, figuring…
The final report of the Teacher Compensation Review Board to the Governor and the Legislature includes a reminder to policymakers that they’d better spend the…
The Teacher Compensation Review Board’s final report includes data from Department of Education August slides showing that half of South Dakota’s public school students attend…
The Teacher Compensation Review Board finds we still aren’t living up to the promise of the 2016 sales-tax-for-teacher-pay plan. No matter which way you slice…
As coronavirus resurges, the South Dakota Department of Health vows to put Freedom (yes, they capitalize it, as required in the Noem Style Book) above…
Stu Whitney’s report on Governor Kristi Noem’s baloney-riddled “Freedom Works Here” personal celebrity advancement campaign reveals not only how much baloney she’s peddling but that…