It’s not just Republicans in high places who are soft on Republican crimes. South Dakotans in general are soft on misconduct by high-falutin’ Republicans. Consider…
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The day before the election, head of the insurrectionist Oath Keepers Stewart Rhoades testified in his defense against charges of seditious conspiracy that his militia…
Last month, Attorney General Mark Vargo issued draft explanations of two initiatives proposing to repeal South Dakota’s sales tax on food. The Attorney General’s drafts…
Nepotism, inattention to elected duties, and general incompetence aren’t nuisances to the 217,008 South Dakotans who reëlected Governor Kristi Noem yesterday. But 1,993 voters in…
Fitzgerald Wins Fourth Circuit Judge Election; Ravnsborg’s Pal Natvig Just Can’t Get Government Work
I note with relief that the voters of the Fourth Judicial Circuit have kept Ravnsborg cronyism from creeping into our courts. Longtime Lawrence County state’s…
When the best Democrats can say is that things didn’t get any worse, it’s been another depressing election. South Dakota Democrats have gained one seat…
The support recreational marijuana got from South Dakota voters in 2020 went up in smoke this year. South Dakotans have rejected Initiated Measure 27, which…
The only sign of progress in South Dakota’s election results is that South Dakotans chose to expand Medicaid. Overriding years of Legislative inaction rooted in…
The Fort Randall Dam flooded over 34 square miles of Yankton Sioux reservation land and forced 136 Indian families off their home land. Now a…
Benjamin S. Case and Michael McQuarrie of the Center for Work and Demcoracy at Arizona State University have released “Majority Rules: The Battle for Ballot…