Kristi Noem won her job as Governor by promising not to bloat government. She has proven that promise false with a stream of new hires and…
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I have described myself as a “Christian atheist“—denying any supernatural influences but practicing certain Christian principles. Anyone growing up in the rural Midwest, even the…
Daktronics certainly doesn’t have the strongest economy in the country, or even in South Dakota. According to their latest earnings report, the Brookings-based manufacturer lost…
Minnehaha County makes a little money on the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds. If the county invests in the improvements laid out in the new economic study…
The economic analysis of the Sioux Empire Fairgrounds prepared by Minneapolis consultancy CSL International and Tennessee fairgrounds architect Charles D. Smith includes a couple more statistical nuggets…
If you’re going to criticize Kristi Noem for extravagant travel on the taxpayers’ dime, you’ve got to avoid extravagantly traveling on the taxpayers’ dime yourself.…
I’ve been receiving a surprising number of emails and calls from people offering complaints and “dirt” about Lawrence County state’s attorney and Fourth Circuit Court…
South Dakota is Open for Business…but not today: Today, Gov. Kristi Noem ordered all state government executive branch offices statewide to be closed Tuesday, Dec.…
An eagle-eyed reader notices a detail in one of Erin Woodiel’s photos from the Capitol during Governor Kristi Noem’s budget speech last week: There at…
No, we don’t “got to have the oil” and boost leaky pipelines as “a price we just have to accept“. Nuclear fusion power is coming:…