As defense attorney Dana Hanna continues to wage media war on behalf of his client Stacy Phelps in the GEAR UP scandal, Lakota Country Times editor Brandon Ecoffey joins…
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District 19 Senate candidate Stace Nelson looks at the EB-5 and GEAR UP scandals and offers a clear, simple proposal for tackling corruption in Pierre: put Cabinet secretaries…
Among the five vetoes Governor Dennis Daugaard issued yesterday was one seemingly admirable rebuff to corporate welfare. The Governor said no to Senate Bill 100, a measure…
Hey, Nick! Do you remember asking if we could submit briefs to the Supreme Court when the Governor asks for an advisory opinion? The answer appears…
What? Governor Dennis Daugaard has signed Senate Bill 159, the two-million-dollar giveaway of tax dollars to private schools via insurance companies, but he’s vetoed Senate Bill…
Last Sunday, my local paper called Senator Mike Rounds “silly” for refusing to do his job and consider President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland.…
Among the less-than-truths Mike Rounds used in 2014 to become our U.S. Senator was his claim that we needed to build Keystone XL to free up…
With Governor Dennis Daugaard’s endorsement, Pam Roberts won her current position as South Dakota Republican Party chair last year. Now just beginning her second year in…
According to DCI, Stephanie Hubers knew something was wrong in Scott and Nicole Westerhuis’s budget fudgery at Mid-Central Educational Cooperative before the Department of Education…
In the worst-kept secret in District 19, Stace Nelson is running for Senate. The former two-term House member, who took a break from politics after…