An eager reader sends me to articles: one with Bloomberg’s observations on Governor Kristi Noem’s tyrannical, murderous, but useful-as-counterexample experiment in herd immunity: As many…
Dakota Free Press Posts
Representative Phil Jensen (R-33/Rapid City) has a lot of predictable right-wing horsehockey in his bucket of bills. But he also has a couple of bills…
Nurse Erin Tobin beat anti-vaxxer Republican House Majority Leader Lee Qualm in last year’s District 21 Senate GOP primary. She vowed last November to wear…
Let secession begin! Senator Jessica Castleberry (R-35/Rapid City) is pushing Senate Bill 129, which would nullify federal law, executive orders, court orders, taxes, and other directives…
In 2008, Governor Mike Rounds got the Legislature to enact Senate Bill 188 (now SDCL 5-14-32 through 5-14-38, weakened slightly in 2015 by HB 1029) to…
South Dakota’s state parks charge all users the same fees: $8 to enter a state park, $4 to hike or bike the Mickelson Trail, $36…
With great regret, I come before you duly chastised by the SDGOP spin blog for not reading enough campaign finance reports. Yesterday I noted that…
In 2018, Senator Jim Bolin tried to hamstring our power to write our own laws by placing on the ballot Amendment X, which would have…
Rosebud Sioux Tribe member and Representative Shawn Bordeaux (D-26A/Mission) recognizes the obvious: South Dakota lawmakers don’t know enough about Lakota culture. To address his oppressors’…
Three years ago, Representative Shawn Bordeaux (D-26A/Mission) won passage of legislation to protect Lakota students’ right to wear Native regalia at school ceremonies. This year…