Governor Kristi Noem is using NRA ratings to claim that the man challenging her in this year’s election, Representative Jamie Smith (D-15/Sioux Falls), is “out…
Dakota Free Press Posts
If someone shouts “Fire!” at a crowded shooting range, grab a bucket! One environmental impact not discussed in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s benign…
The Defense Department reported yesterday that it killed 12 civilians and injured 5 more in its worldwide war-fighting in 2021: The report details 12 total…
One of the better pandemic programs that the minority party in Congress killed this year was funding for free lunch for all public school students.…
Nebraska voters approved Medicaid expansion in 2018. Foot-dragging Governor Pete Ricketts finally implemented the voters’ will in October 2020. Two years in, Medicaid expansion appears…
Indiana and West Virginia have taken the Alito Court’s cue and banned nearly all abortions. (Indiana’s ban was just suspended in court last week.) Unlike…
South Dakotans produced 2.0% more goods and services per hour worked in 2021 than they did in 2020. That’s 21st-highest in the U.S., but alas,…
How can “the strongest economy in the nation” not have the strongest job growth in the nation? The Bureau of Labor Statistics released August job…
Bob Mercer digs into Kristi Noem’s federal PAC reports and finds South Dakota’s governor has received $99K worth of free travel in 17 months: June…
Sioux Falls—Wieners for the World! Trevor Mitchell does some math and says doubling Sioux Falls’s slaughterhouses could lead to nearly one tenth of America’s pork…