Teacher shortage, welder shortage, doctor shortage—for Pete’s sake! Doesn’t anyone else want to live and work in South Dakota? Not when small-town South Dakota life can…
Category: South Dakota
Suppose you drove a bulldozer for a living. A couple contractors in town hire you to move some dirt on their job sites. Then the mayor comes…
Two months ago, Donald Trump insulted Senator John McCain’s military service and falsely claimed the 2008 Presidential nominee has done nothing for veterans. South Dakota…
The crime victims’ bill of rights, sweetly branded “Marsy’s Law” by its out-of-state backers, may be worse than merely questionable policy. It may be cover for the fake 18% rate cap…
Senator M. Michael Rounds gets someone to tweet for him a picture of his meeting with the Digital Dialogue Forum this morning in Washington, D.C. Taking advantage…
Mr. Ehrisman notices that the new superintendent of the Sioux Falls School District, Dr. Brian Maher, understands the application of simple economics to quality education: if we want good…
Speaking of income inequality (thank you, Senator Sanders!), Governing offers this clickable map showing that economic growth has outpaced median income growth in every state: From 2000 to…
Elisa Sand tweets that the Aberdeen City Council voted last night to express its opposition to the gerrymandering practiced by the South Dakota Legislature and its support…
Subtitle: Best Darn Speech of 2016. Jerry Falwell, Jr., required 12,000 Liberty University students to listen to Senator Bernie Sanders make a speech today. A conservative fundagelical…
“SIVERTSEN SPEAKS OUT,” my Sunday paper shouted. “Brown County IT chief fires back at job critics.” All right, I thought. Paul Sivertsen’s going to get…