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…
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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…
At another superspreader event here in Aberdeen yesterday, with no social distancing and few masks in sight, Governor Kristi Noem appeared to declare that she’s…
I have no doubt that Tim Rave can walk and chew gum at the same time. But can he simultaneously serve as a gubernatorial appointee…
In a profound moment for South Dakota journalism in the 21st century, veteran Pierre reporter Bob Mercer quotes a source’s emoji: I don’t know if…