It’s easy to casually read Governor Kristi Noem’s December 20 announcement that South Dakota will accept refugees in 2020 as deserving praise. Journalist David Lias…
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If you don’t want state stormtroopers to stop and frisk you for five minutes every time you enter the Capitol to visit your state government…
In 2016, the Legislature established the State of the Tribes Address as a symbolic gesture of respect for our Native neighbors, as well as an…
What was in vogue with Dakota Free Press readers in 2019? Here are the 116 posts (including a few from previous years!) that drew more…
Did Governor Kristi Noem just slip up and appoint another supporter of universal preschool to the South Dakota Legislature? Noem announced on New Year’s Eve…
Posts on SD Voice v. Noem II Trial: Harassment by Petition Blockers in 2015 Shows HB 1094 Circulator Registry and Badges Dangerous, Misguided Secretary of…
The South Dakota State Employees Organization is calling for the Legislature to study state worker pay and benefits. SDSEO exec Eric Olilla tells WNAX that…
Under a headline shouting “Oh, Baby,…” KELO-TV says South Dakota’s 11,911 births in the year ending July 1, 2019, represented an increase over the previous…
Dakota Free Press fielded 26,205 approved comments (and a not insignificant number of spam and inadmissible anonymous comments) from approximately 700 distinct individuals in 2019.…
One can rank blog posts my multiple measures: views, shares, personal favorites, etc. One measure I find interesting is the number of comments each post…