Governor Dennis Daugaard has named the other half of his Blue Ribbon Task Force on Teachers and Students. Out of the thirteen new appointees joining the ten…
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Even if Senate Bill 69 takes effect, legislative candidates won’t have to start their petitioning until December 1. But we already have three candidates, each…
Bob Mercer reports that the South Dakota Lottery is bringing in $5.5 million more this year than last. The lottery must be getting some good…
If we Democrats and über-conservative Republicans could get along, we could tag-team Governor Daugaard into a tizzy. At the same time that he was penning a specious,…
Minnesota fur farmer Terri Petter won a state license to display her wolf pups in Deadwood last month, but she may need a new place to…
Gordon Howie knows how to get attention. Shout “Too Many Mexicans” in a blog headline (without even the blog-dodge question mark), and folks will click to watch…
Erin Ageton, vice-president of operations for predatory short-term title lender Select Management Resources, filed suit on June 5 in Sixth Circuit Court to delay circulation of the payday-lending…
We now get our first overlap between referendum and initiative petitioning. With the Attorney General’s (not the Surgeon General’s?) legally required explanation in hand, New Approach…
Last week I mentioned that Boys and Girls State appear to be suffering a long-term decline in numbers. Attendance at the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary events…