Following up on a change signaled in December, the Lottery Commission is offering to downsize itself. House Bill 1021 would cut the Lottery Commission from…
Category: South Dakota
Governor Kristi Noem’s New Year’s Resolutions apparently include bringing flip-flops to work. After letting the Legislature re-assign the State of the Tribes Address from her…
We win! We win! You, me, my ballot question committee, every citizen who wants to put a law to a vote, every citizen who likes…
Gold prices are up thanks to Middle East uncertainty, though Donald Trump’s drunken ramble yesterday paused investors’ enthusiasm for all that glitters. Gold prices are…
Both Pennington County Sheriff Kevin Thom and his public information officer turned Senator Helene Duhamel (R-32/Rapid City) oppose the two marijuana measures that have made…
The Public Utilities Commission is giving NextEra a pass on its failure to install noise-reduction technology on wind-turbine blades at its Crowned Ridge Wind Farm…
Yankton County faces a secession movement from four townships making up the northeastern quarter-plus of the county. Continuing the farm-entitlement mindset, farmers in Mayfield, Turkey…
SDSU Extension has released a new online guide to Dakota and Lakota traditional games. I can find no explanation in that guide for the wasicu…
Amendment A, the marijuana initiative approved for our vote yesterday by Secretary Barnett, includes one annoying anti-libertarian, pro-corporate provision on growing marijuana. Section 4 Clause…
I’ve said many times I won’t exert myself heavily for or against marijuana policy. But now that we have to vote on two pot initiatives,…