During the 2022 Session, to deflect calls for action to prevent corrupt financial dealings in South Dakota’s trust industry, Republican legislators expressed supreme confidence in…
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In another sign of market failure in South Dakota, capitalists are sitting around waiting for government handouts to build affordable housing: In Jeremy Jensen’s eyes,…
We’d better hope those rare-earth elements up in North Dakota didn’t also get sprinkled into the Black Hills; otherwise, we might have a hard time…
South Dakota’s elected officials talk about South Dakotans’ work ethic as if working hard is somehow unique to South Dakota: In Murdo I learned the…
Another player in Governor Kristi Noem’s feud with the Legislature over $200 million in housing funds is leaving state government. This time, the departure is…
The SDSU Collegian lands a meaty interview with South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson. Among the notable quotes: Dusty says the most important thing to get right…
A couple weeks ago, Governor Kristi Noem told the NRA about her father’s staged abandonment of her in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains when she was…
Maybe the Governor can use some of those apprenticeship funds to cover her press secretary’s pay. Governor Kristi Noem hired young Florida beauty pageanteer and…
In another desperate attempt to fill the jobs that South Dakota’s anemic private market cannot, the state is subsidizing paychecks for young trainee-workers to the…
Department of Agriculture Heeds Texas Oil Driller’s Complaint, Avoids Stricter Water Pollution Rules
The Department of Agriculture (and Natural Resources) thought about requiring better monitoring of water pollution from oil wells. Texas oil weller Citation Oil & Gas…