The Game Fish and Parks Commission ignored most of the public comment it received and approved another season of state-subsidized killing of critters accused of…
Category: South Dakota
The 2020 Legislature closed its final regular meeting on a stinky note, yet again abandoning a plan to offer needs-based scholarships to South Dakota’s university…
Must every dollar of South Dakota’s corporate welfare dollars go to stinking up the state? Our dogged subsidization of CAFOs has obvious odorous impacts; now…
Senate Bill 180, the revamped ballot question petition circulator registry and badging mandate, is on its way to Governor Kristi Noem’s desk. In brief remarks…
Governor Kristi Noem talks a lot about the importance of openness and transparency in government. Apparently that doesn’t extend to discussions of coronavirus, as she…
The Aberdeen Mall is about to lose another business. Kelda Pharris reports in my local paywalled paper that Odyssey Entertainment is going to bring to…
Given that the Legislature is showing its willingness to hoghouse bills at the last minute for surprise purposes, I propose several new bills that the…
Hey, we made the news! Yay, South Dakota! Oh, wait—it’s because we’ve joined the list of states where somebody has covid-19: Our first five documented…
The House used its hoghouse powers for good yesterday. Senate Bill 144 came to the House floor Monday. Originally part of Senator Brock Greenfield’s (R-2/Clark)…
You want ridiculous? How about a Republican President stepping to the mic in the White House to discuss the public health threat of coronavirus and…