The near-zero change in the Consumer Price Index, thanks largely to the collapse of energy prices, means no cost-of-living increase in Social Security checks in 2016. The 0.2% CPI…
Dakota Free Press Posts
Bob Mercer notes that Secretary of State Shantel Krebs continues to distinguish herself from disgraced and feckless predecessor Jason Gant by promoting criteria for funding…
Just when I’m thinking Angela Kennecke is our best new investigative reporter, she tosses this mostly useless clickbait onto KELO-TV: I should perhaps shield Kennecke from blame.…
I find the following posting on Craigslist Sioux Falls for a job that does not legally exist: Monitoring and witnessing signatures… interesting. Some petition organizer is offering…
In the externalities department, the Brown County Commission’s discussion of how to pay public defenders reveals one of the costs the public will bear if/when New Angus…
It should be another exciting day at the state Water Management Board meeting today in Pierre. At 1 p.m., the board again takes up the application from the fundamentalist (read “polygamist”)…
Faulkton voters will have their say on whether their school district should spend millions of dollars to build a new building and renovate some existing school space. AAN’s Shannon Marvel reports…
As I review the financial reports of the Mid-Central Educational Cooperative, I find two seeming anomalies. MCEC includes financial position statements in nearly all of the…
Like the Benda/Bollen/GOED/EB-5 scandal before it, the Westerhuis/Melmer/MCEC/GEAR UP scandal is prompting Democrats to push for a state ethics commission. (Job #1 for such a commission:…
I feel downright dirty rebutting something Larry Kurtz says with something Pat Powers says, but here goes: The indomitable Mr. Kurtz repeats his contention that backing marijuana…