Apparently the Bridgewater-Emery school board has figured out how to give teachers a $25,000 bonus. You just get them to resign mid-year: The Bridgewater-Emery School District gave a…
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NEW: Legislative Tracker! Ever wonder how to keep track of what we’ve said and where we stand on the hundreds of bills that come before…
Why didn’t Jason Gant think of this? Secretary of State Shantel Krebs sends House Bill 1009 to the Local Government committee for the Legislature’s consideration. HB…
Yesterday I published the list of blog stories that drew the most comments in 2015. Today, I offer the list of stories that drew the most…
Taxpayers, take note of these two Notices to Creditors: — The motto under which the Lake Andes Wave publishes its legal notices is, “Because the People…
EB-5, Islam, legislative religious posturing, philosophy, racism, and hemp—those are among the topics that got you talking the most on this blog in 2015! Below are…
Did Art Marmorstein just call me Charles Manson? I’ve tried to be nice to local columnist, history professor, and neighbor Art Marmorstein. I’ve learned that conservative NSU profs are not…
Angela Kennecke reports that in the first years of its GEAR UP program, South Dakota spent $14 million over six years with the intent of sending three…
The State of South Dakota is providing a low-interest loan to help three Kadoka entrepreneurs make moonshine: The South Dakota Value Added Finance Authority voted 5-0…
As promised, the latest Dakota Free Press poll asks you, dear readers, to vote on proposals you’d like the South Dakota Legislature to pass in 2016. I offer…