Beleageured Co-op Denies Responsibility, Exits Stage Left The Department of Legislative Audit has released two important documents: its audit report for the Mid-Central Educational Cooperative for…
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Senator Marion Michael Rounds has a good excuse for missing the March for Healthcare in Aberdeen tomorrow: he’s actually holding a public meeting in Rapid…
Alan Greenblatt of Governing hasn’t forgotten our Legislature’s brazen repeal of Initiated Measure 22. Greenblatt includes South Dakota in a new essay listing states where democratic norms are under attack:…
Republican Dusty Johnson signaled he might be my kind of campaigner in the 2018 U.S. House race: The reality is is I think I will be a…
I have previously lamented the Legislature’s failure to include ballot measure organizers on the Initiative and Referendum Task Force that they created with House Bill 1141. Of fifteen members, only…
The Dakota Free Press Podcast goes for two—two big local candidate interviews, with Aberdeen school board candidate Aaron Schultz and incumbent northeast Aberdeen city councilman…
Dark horse Republican candidate for Governor Terry LaFleur isn’t afraid to ride the Trump horse. He’s gotten his biggest press to date by forming a non-profit…
In a sign that new national party chairman Tom Perez is serious about the 50-state strategy, the Democratic National Committee includes South Dakota among the first five…
Get out the wrecking ball! While an interim committee gets ready to discuss how to expand workforce housing, the Governor’s Office of Economic Development plans to…