I regularly post analyses showing that South Dakota’s low wages, especially South Dakota’s bottom-of-the-barrel teacher wages, are not justified by any fantastical notions of lower…
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“Well, I’m with the landowners and always have been,” said Governor Kristi Noem last summer in response to concerns about carbon dioxide pipeliners trying to…
Just a couple weeks ago, Virgin Atlantic staged a trans-Atlantic flight of a passenger jet on 100% “sustainable aviation fuel”—in this case, a blend of…
Still speaking of ballot measures, did anyone else notice that Senator Julie Frye-Mueller’s improperly submitted property tax cap initiative also includes an improper enactment date?…
Speaking of ballot measures, the expansion of Medicaid that South Dakota voters smartly approved last November may not be costing the state nearly as much…
Dakotans for Health occasionally pays me for nerd work. Dakotans for Health has never paid me to write posts on Dakota Free Press. Planned Parenthood…
Governor Kristi Noem offered a rather uninspired, status-quo budget speech yesterday. She does propose a 4% increase in funding for schools, state employees, and healthcare…
But maybe Governor Kristi Noem realizes she doesn’t have to leave Pierre to campaign for Vice-President. After all, she’s got Sturgis Rally magnate Rod Woodruff…
Governor Kristi Noem made one noteworthy deviation from the prepared text of her budget address yesterday. Compare this brief admonition to fight for taxpayers over…
Image over substance—Governor Kristi Noem does it, so I think I’m allowed the same privilege in reporting on her budget address. Governor Noem presented 22…