Lawrence County voters said no Tuesday to a new quarry in Centennial Valley, between Spearfish and Whitewood. In a referendum vote, 1,103 Lawrence County residents voted to overturn a conditional use…
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Ticket sales at the Brown County Fair are once again sparking controversy at the courthouse. After complications with issuing tickets and reporting sales last year, the Brown…
My inbox runneth over with interesting events around the state for progressive folks who’d like to promote the general welfare. Here’s a sampling: Friday and…
The latest Dakota Free Press poll finds strong support among blog readers for Amendment V, the open non-partisan primary proposal. Conducted from Sunday, August 28, through breakfast…
Prevailing Winds moved yesterday to withdraw its application to build a 100-turbine, 201-megawatt wind farm in Bon Homme and Charles Mix counties. In a document submitted to…
Rep. Dan Dryden (R-34/Rapid City) died yesterday. Rep. Dryden was running for re-election to the House, along with fellow Republican Senator Craig Tieszen and Democratic challenger Steve…
Sioux Falls petitioner Bruce Danielson informs me that the city has disqualified every sheet of the initiative petition he submitted last week with the signatures of over 6,400…
As some anonymous clique prepares more monthly Klan meetings in Aberdeen, I encourage my neighbors to review this statement from the Reverend Michael Rinehart, Bishop of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod of…
I return to the South Dakota Board of Regents Occupational Wages Dashboard and find South Dakota doesn’t pay the worst wages in the nation. In general, workers…
I may not win South Dakota Right to Life’s endorsement, but at least they find me more interesting than my opponent in the District 3 Senate race.…