Nobody seems nervous about the vote count in South Dakota. The margins were all big enough in our top-ticket races that no one is calling for…
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Victoria Lusk reports that payday lender Check’n Go is closing its doors next week, thanks to voters’ wise decision to cap short-term interest rates at 36%…
Amendment S, the new crime victims bill of rights, is already infringing on the rights of defendants by keeping them in jail longer than necessary: The victim notification requirement…
On October 18, 2016, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources issued its requirements for the Deep Borehole Field Test. DENR prepared these requirements based on information…
Former Madison superintendent Dr. John Sweet thinks billionaire Betsy DeVos is a really bad choice for U.S. Secretary of Education. The retired education expert urges us to write our…
Want to know why 24 Republican legislators are dragging us to court over Initiated Measure 22, the Anti-Corruption Act that we approved at the polls last month?…
Chuck Brennan’s call for protest against Initiated Measure 21, South Dakota’s new 36% cap in payday loan interest rates, must not be working. Not only has…
After Barack Obama led Democrats to victory in 2008, Republicans drove their recovery with big state-level wins in 2010. With a self-serving billionaire jerk leading Republicans to victory…
The Department of Public Safety has released its 2015 Crash Report. In his cover letter, Governor Daugaard chooses to highlight two statistically insignificant pieces of data: In…
Owen DeJong is retiring from SDPB Radio this month. DeJong, who, among other things, used to teach high school English (represent!), has hosted Morning Classics on our public…