The Sioux Falls Democratic Forum (a proud sponsor of this blog!) is throwing a party for Jim Abourezk next week Wednesday, May 29, at the…
Category: South Dakota
Funny that the SDGOP mouthpiece blog hasn’t yet run this e-mail from Senator Marion Michael Rounds weakly clapping for more welfare checks for farmers from…
Last November I mentioned Let My People Go, a nice little documentary video about the successful David-vs-Goliath initiative that South Dakotans passed to cap payday lending…
On May 15 the Governor’s Office of Economic Development hosted a webinar on its new CAFO-county bribe program. GOED appears not to have YouTubalized that…
Elect a Republican, get higher taxes. Just like Trump, Paul TenHaken campaigned as a conservative, but now that he’s in charge of Sioux Falls, TenHaken’s…
…or maybe we’re having trouble finding teen workers because we’re arresting so many kids for drug offenses: A new study shows that South Dakota leads the…
Anti-labor, anti-youth Republicans David and Al Novstrup resisted raising South Dakota’s minimum wage on the ridiculous argument that cutting wages gives young workers more opportunities.…
I am a liberal Democrat. Bob Newland is a dedicated Libertarian. We thus disagree on many issues. Yet Newland and I agree on the value…
On the good side of the farm report, South Dakota made a little more milk last month (assuming you like milk and cheese and the udder…
Today’s dreary, drizzly weather brings no relief to South Dakota farmers, who are well behind on planting. Yesterday’s USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service crop progress and…