You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em… Rep. Mathew Wollmann needs some Kenny Rogers on his iPod. The Madison…
Category: South Dakota
In many of our political discussions here on Dakota Free Press and in other venues, we often hear hypothetical partisan counterexamples: If Obama grabbed a woman’s genitals, you Republicans would call…
As the South Dakota Legislature collapses into the ethical chaos of a sex scandal, Republican leaders are fast-tracking the first bill in their attack voters’ right to legislate.…
Hat tip to South Dacola! The Sioux Falls City Council continues the all-too-frequent and exclusionary practice of opening a government meeting with a velvet-fisted Christian prayer, and the Christian pastor invited to…
A couple weeks ago, longtime Republican one-man brain trust Joel Rosenthal asked what other scandals there are besides EB-5 and GEAR UP in South Dakota. The former…
In today’s demonstration of the shameless hypocrisy, the GOP spin blog complains about the South Dakota Gun Owners launching a pre-emptive strike against Governor Dennis…
Thank goodness Judge Barnett blocked Initiated Measure 22: now we can get back to reviewing all the great free chow our legislators (and sometimes spouses, cabinet officials,…
The South Dakota Republican Party begins this year’s attack on the people’s right to legislate at the ballot with Senate Bill 59, which includes two key provisions:…
A politically interested friend expresses due alarm at House Bill 1035, one of four bills carrying proposals from the Board of Elections to amend our petition and…
My local paper reports that 27,909 South Dakotans signed up by December 24 for individual marketplace health insurance policies under the Affordable Care Act. That’s 27,909 South Dakotans who…