Mayor Sam Kooiker has a city and a re-election campaign to run. But he has time to tell a story or two. Kooiker has two…
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The American Legislative Exchange Council—where “Exchange” stands for exchanging the power of the people for the power of corporate colonizers—have issued their 2015 Rich States Poor…
Brown County’s emergency management director is feeling swamped. Scott Meints told the county commission yesterday that he and his sole staffer, Patti Woods, are putting…
Aberdeen Development Corporation chief Mike Bockorny said in February that recruiting refugees is key to filling jobs in Brown County. The focus then seemed to be Karen,…
The Dakota Free Press Guerrilla Legal Department offers the following pointers to the South Dakota Department of Revenue and South Dakota Attorney General to help them figure…
Mayor Sam Kooiker has taken some time to speak with the Dakota Free Press about why he wants a third term as Rapid City’s mayor. As with…
In South Dakota, when our political leaders talk about giving young workers an opportunity, they mean, “Cut their pay a dollar, and let them be…
Hey, I think Rick Knobe’s with us on referring both SB 177 (the youth minimum wage) and SB 69 (the mutated petition reform bill). Knobe recognizes that…
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses… the wretched refuse… wait, did we say that? The Bishop Dudley Hospitality House opened at Indiana and…
The push to refer Senate Bill 177, the youth minimum wage, to a public vote just got a big shot in the arm from the…