In an article emphasizing that housing is the primary hurdle to small-town economic development, Bart Pfankuch also notes that putting the screws to owners of…
Dakota Free Press Posts
Rural Students Real Opportunity, the group working to dissolve the Oldham-Ramona-Rutland school district, is calling for a recount of the close December 16 vote that…
Remember how back in September I noted that South Dakota’s Republican legislators tend to put constitutional amendments on the ballot that restrict rights? Well, here…
Our ridiculous Trumpist racism has cost South Dakota some international students: …international student enrollment increased by 23 students this fall at South Dakota Mines, a…
One good defense against a raging police state is a community willing to play fuzzbuster: The South Dakota Highway Patrol didn’t visit Brookings for a…
The Wall Street Journal updates us on the treasure that tax-dodging plutocrats are hiding in South Dakota: South Dakota is one of a handful of…
Senator Michael Rohl (R-1/Aberdeen) has been acting strangely for a Republican, filing bills to raise taxes and not hurt the initiative process. He returns to…
Mugwumps and reasonable legislators may come together to stop future governors from abusing the economic development funds the way Kristi Noem did. The first bill…
Tax hike! Tax hike! A Republican legislator is proposing a tax hike! Senator Michael Rohl (R-1/Aberdeen) proposes Senate Bill 7 to increase South Dakota’s tax…
Among our Christmas blessings is Rick Knobe’s report that his 79-year-old body and mind have passed the medical tests he’s undergone this fall. Alas, not…