Aberdeen lobbyist Julie Johnson plays dumb about the retail transaction tax initiative: Johnson said the transaction tax proposal lacks clear definitions of what constitutes a…
Category: South Dakota
Speaking of stealth vouchers, South Dakota started pumping public dollars into private religious schools in the 2016–2017 school year. That public investment in private schools…
Yankton native Dr. Frank Leibfarth studies plastic at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In an interview spurred by Leibfarth’s winning a prestigious…
Kristi Noem abused the power of her office when she was Governor. But don’t take my word for it. Now that the self-absorbed Snow Queen…
Governor Larry Rhoden is signing on to King Don’s private-school voucher plan: Rhoden made the announcement on Friday at Saint Joseph Academy in Sioux Falls,…
How can I spend all this time talking about a super-bad public-institution-wrecking initiative and not cover the two super-good democracy-boosting initiatives that are worth your…
Congressman and candidate for Governor Dusty Johnson wants to give more tax breaks to bring data centers to South Dakota. State Senator Taffy Howard (R-34/Rapid…
Mike Mueller, Julie Frye-Mueller, and Matt Smith have kicked off their petition drive to abolish property taxes and replace maybe only 58% of the lost…
Senator Taffy Howard (R-34/Rapid City) sent me a press release this morning announcing that she and her compatriots on the “No Free Rides Committee” will…
During Monday’s hearing on the proposed K-12 health curriculum standards, State Board of Education Standards vice-president Rich Meyer’s insisted repeatedly that sex trafficking is an…