I learn from one of my Representatives, Dan Kaiser, that the Brown County Republicans are hosting a closed forum* for him and his two fellow GOP primary candidates…
Dakota Free Press Posts
Yesterday was the deadline for Independent candidates to file their petitions for partisan races in South Dakota. While the Secretary of State may still have…
Following Donald Trump’s sweep and Hillary Clinton’s 4-out-of-5 wins in yesterday’s primaries, I am ready to concede that South Dakota’s primary won’t matter. Connecticut, Rhode Island,…
The payday lenders’ failed lawsuit against Attorney General Marty Jackley’s official explanation of Initiated Measure 21, the real 36% rate cap, was evidently nothing personal. The same company…
Madison is maxed out on tax increment finance districts, so it had to get the county to back the latest TIF district project, a plan…
Here come the mosquitoes… and maybe the Zika virus: In February, the White House asked Congress for $1.9 billion in emergency funding to tackle the Zika…
Substitute teaching took me the automotive technology classroom yesterday, where I encountered an article in Fender Bender with a frightening implication for English class and public discourse.…
The Aberdeen School Board tonight takes up (and, by the time I finish typing this, may well have approved) the negotiated agreement with its teachers for the…
Ah, April in Aberdeen, when signs sprout like dandelions… If your housing needs are already squared away, check out the new political signs: I first…
We’ve discussed in previous blogging how the inordinate amount of time our members of Congress spend in Washington at their parties’ call centers raising campaign cash keeps them from studying the…