Brookings is trying to counter the bad press our yahoo Legislature and milquetoast Governor* are bringing to our state. On Tuesday, the Brookings City Council,…
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Senator Art Rusch (R-17/Vermillion) is another Republican trying to raise taxes. He proposed Senate Bill 85 in another attempt to make electric vehicle owners pay…
Congratulations to Al and David Novstrup, who have the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce’s Entrepreneurs of the Year Award. Son David was present to accept the…
Voters thumbed down a proposal to get rid of gerrymandering with an independent redistricting commission in 2016. Chuck Parkinson fell 9% short of the signatures…
For those of you worried that the amendment Senate Joint Resolution 502 would put to the voters, a plan to let counties invest a fifth…
I know it’s hard to get South Dakotans to see a connection between ballot measures and candidates. It’s hard to get South Dakotans to see…
Things just don’t last like they used to. Governor Kristi Noem paid Minneapolis advertiser Broadhead $1.375 million to come up with great anti-meth commercials, and…
Governor Kristi Noem’s factory feedlot zoning bill, Senate Bill 157, still awaits its first hearing before Senate State Affairs. That’s more attention than new applications…
In January, Governor Kristi Noem babbled something about having an “aggressive” plan for economic development to help South Dakota families (she made no mention of…
I’m not surprised that the Republicans on Senate State Affairs voted to kill Senator Reynold Nesiba’s Senate Bill 102 and Senate Bill 112. Clarifying possible…