Bob Mercer has no new information on the sudden departure week before last of Timothy Downs from the presidency of Northern State University. But when…
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A South Dakota expatriate writes and asks if it is safe to move back to South Dakota. This expat credits a sensible, practical South Dakota…
…she is liberty she comes to rescue me hope, faith, and vanity the greatest gift is gold… —some Catholic from Dublin, 1986 In her pious…
This sounds familiar: the Legislature is convening an interim committee to study workforce housing. Three legislators (Rep. Perry, Sen. Diedrich, Rep. Weisgram) proposed studying why…
Governor Kristi Noem couldn’t rally support from her own Republican Legislative leaders to come spend a couple extra days in Pierre shouting at transgender kids.…
South Dakota’s gross domestic product shrank by 1.7% in 2020. That’s better than the national pandemic recession of 3.5% in 2020. We also led the…
President Joe Biden used Earth Day to announce his plan for the U.S. to produce 50% less greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. World leaders joining…
Speaking of government keeping South Dakota afloat, here’s an up-to-date list from the Bureau of Finance and Management of the 65 organizations that have received…
An online friend writes that he’s having an argument with a right-wing radical about the blue-state subsidization of red states. The friend says his right-wing…
Never mind—the Noem Administration’s stonewalling of the media continues. The intrepid Bob Mercer was trying to get answers last year’s Mount Rushmore fireworks and the…