Trevor Mitchell’s article on what life is like for transgender folks in South Dakota concludes a note that Oliver Dickman, who helped beat anti-trans and…
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Bonus data! The January 2019 rural broadband study from Old Dominion and USD comes with beaucoup appendices, which include this table showing racial income disparities…
Along with approving the FY 2020 budget in the dark of night, our blizzard-spooked legislators pulled $6.6 million out of reserves to balance this year’s…
The University of South Dakota put federal public defender Neil Fulton in charge of our law school last week. USD passed over two out-of-staters with…
In his excellent essay this week on rioting and South Dakota’s corporate fascism, Dr. David Newquist reminds us that Governor Kristi Noem’s rushed anti-protest bills…
Representative Drew Dennert (R-3/Aberdeen) finally got kids the lemonade tax exemption he promised them. After failing to get a similar measure through the House last…
The Senate spared Governor Kristi Noem the agony of having to consider another possible violation of her promise that “We Won’t Raise Taxes” with the…
This week Governor Kristi Noem signed two bills to keep ambitious candidates like Lance Russell out of trouble… and endorsed two colliding election laws. Recall…
The Legislature has kept Governor Noem’s promise that “We Won’t Raise Taxes,” at least electronic cigarettes. On Tuesday, the House concurred with the Senate’s amendment…
South Dakota is closed: Gov. Kristi Noem has ordered the closure of state government offices in all South Dakota counties Thursday (today) due to the…