This morning’s post on Governor Dennis Daugaard’s possible flirtation with a sales tax on medical services got me reading up on Governor Bill Janklow’s retreat from…
Category: South Dakota
Governor Dennis Daugaard’s budget address on Tuesday will tackle one thorny contributor to South Dakota’s lagging sales tax revenues—increased spending on health care: Twenty years…
My northeasterly neighbor Lawrence Diggs almost gets the issue of American misogyny right. Almost. In the Friday Aberdeen American News, Roslyn’s best columnist tackles sexual…
The latest monthly voter registration figures show that, since the 2016 general election, the Secretary of State has removed 14,319 South Dakotans from the active…
West River Democrats now have their official state party field organizer. The South Dakota Democratic Party has hired Texan Cole Adams to work in the…
Dan Lederman used his Trumpiness last February to rally Trump supporters and unseat establishment favorite Pam Roberts as the South Dakota Republican Party chair. Since…
Dad-duties kept me from hearing Dr. Ayaz Virji’s full presentation on Islam at NSU last night. While we missed the Minnesota doctor’s Q&A with what…
Independent blogger John Tsitrian finds the Legislature’s proposed pay amendment reasonable, given that raising legislators’ annual pay from $6,000 to $10,200 is equivalent to what…
Tiffany Campbell has sent the following letter to every South Dakota Senator to urge them not to confirm Attorney General Marty Jackley’s appointment of former…
About revoking that Keystone 1 pipeline permit—Public Utilities Commissioner Kristie Fiegen says, fat chance: South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner Kristie Fiegen said the commission has no…