So whom would you choose to serve on the state Board of Education Standards: a woman who has experience teaching and making policy and whose…
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This guest column comes from longtime marijuana-reform advocate Bob Newland of Hot Springs. With a record of having sponsored and managed seven failed statewide cannabis-related…
When Senator Lee Schoenbeck (R-5/Lake Kampeska) craftily moved the vote on Amendment C, the 60% vote threshold for fiscal ballot measures, to this year’s primary…
Our friends the Libertarians have announced a new, revised, and smaller list of nominees for the general election: The Libertarian Party of South Dakota is…
Aberdeen mayor Travis Schaunaman’s drunk brother Andy is running for Aberdeen City Council. To demonstrate his fitness for office, drunk brother Andy drove intoxicated on…
Once again, only a small fraction of South Dakota voters get a say in who serves their county as sheriff. The Secretary of State lists…
Meade County Sheriff Ron Merwin is running for reëlection in the June primary. He faces only one challenger, DCI agent Pat West. Both are Republicans,…
Meade County has been having trouble recruiting and retaining law enforcement workers. As with most of South Dakota’s workforce shortages, the solution to Meade County’s…
Republican candidate for District 1 House Logan Manhart likes to lie about the 2020 election. He is also apparently willing to lie about his qualifications…
The Rapid City school board wants to destroy—not simply surplus, sell, or give away, but destroy—copies of five modern books it deems objectionable. “The Circle”…