Bernie Sanders earned three big caucus wins yesterday, taking Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington by 70% or more. [Update 2016.03.28 09:37 CDT: I originally said all three were over 70%; the…
Dakota Free Press Posts
Bob Mercer’s “Week Ahead in State Government” column is a useful heads-up on upcoming meetings and deadlines. However, he makes one important error in this week’s edition:…
The South Dakota Education Association tucks a good-sized Easter egg into my Sunday paper: Again, “bold” in South Dakota means increasing a regressive sales tax, spending a…
As defense attorney Dana Hanna continues to wage media war on behalf of his client Stacy Phelps in the GEAR UP scandal, Lakota Country Times editor Brandon Ecoffey joins…
District 19 Senate candidate Stace Nelson looks at the EB-5 and GEAR UP scandals and offers a clear, simple proposal for tackling corruption in Pierre: put Cabinet secretaries…
Among the five vetoes Governor Dennis Daugaard issued yesterday was one seemingly admirable rebuff to corporate welfare. The Governor said no to Senate Bill 100, a measure…
Hey, Nick! Do you remember asking if we could submit briefs to the Supreme Court when the Governor asks for an advisory opinion? The answer appears…
What? Governor Dennis Daugaard has signed Senate Bill 159, the two-million-dollar giveaway of tax dollars to private schools via insurance companies, but he’s vetoed Senate Bill…
Last Sunday, my local paper called Senator Mike Rounds “silly” for refusing to do his job and consider President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland.…
Among the less-than-truths Mike Rounds used in 2014 to become our U.S. Senator was his claim that we needed to build Keystone XL to free up…