Even in Sioux Falls, one of the best-paying school districts in South Dakota, the three school board candidates say they want to pay their teachers more. Says challenger…
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Elisa Sand gets the story on former Division of Criminal Investigation agent Mark Black’s changing story in the seamy Schwab-Taliaferro-Mette case. Black led a vigorous investigation against Shirley Schwab…
The Black Hills mountain lion season closed with better numbers than last year… if you’re a cat. The Black Hills Pioneer reports that hunters bagged 43 mountain lions (22…
Sorry, Yankton: more strut replacement for you. The Department of Transportation got just one bid for the Yankton Highway 50 reconstruction project, and it was way high: By…
If you harbor any doubts as to the ability of South Dakota Progress to become a constructive force in our politics, doubt no more. Here is proof…
Yesterday I mentioned the American Legislative Exchange Council’s grumbling about South Dakota’s increased minimum wage. Today I have a chance to take a deeper look at…
Some of my Democratic friends wonder why I’m not enthusiastic about putting up Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether as a statewide candidate for our party. Knowing that…
The press is just starting to get a grip on the more complicated of the two laws this blog is helping to refer to a public vote.…
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…
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…