On Monday, I noticed that the slides the Department of Corrections had submitted to the Joint Appropriations Committee for its Wednesday briefing mentioned that the…
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Here’s what happens when you put Kristi Noem in charge of budgeting. Back in June, Governor Noem got one million dollars from Tennessee junk-car billionaire…
After the lightning collapse of the flimsy Afghanistan government and military before the Taliban, the United States military is managing to hold the Kabul airport…
What happens to a driver who kills a pedestrian in South Dakota? Well, if the crash happens on an Indian reservation where the federal Department…
In another good move for farmers and eaters, the Biden Administration last April extended free school lunches for every student in every school district through…
Governor Kristi Noem appointed Mike Leidholt to run the Department of Corrections at the very start of her administration. So obviously he (and she) couldn’t be…
The Department of Public Safety is pleased to report that our long arm of the law nabbed fewer drunks and druggies at the Sturgis Rally…
I’m working on interpreting the data files the United States Census Bureau has made available to legislators and the public for redrawing the maps for…
Remote online vendors reported and remitted $10.6 million in state sales tax and $3.77 million in city sales tax in July. Online shoppers in Sioux…
The Legislature’s Appropriations Committee gets to hear from the Department of Corrections on Wednesday on what it’s doing to fill its growing empty positions. According…