Thinking about initiatives gets me thinking about petitions and the challenges folks will face come November when they start collecting signatures to place substantive policy…
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I have no enthusiasm for or against the marijuana initiatives on South Dakota’s ballot this year. If the voters think growing and taxing and smoking…
In June, Donald Trump was saying the economy would recover along a “rocket ship” trajectory. In April, May, and June, the economy did follow a…
School hasn’t even started yet, and Northern State University here in Aberdeen has a coroanvirus outbreak: Eight students of Northern State University in Aberdeen and…
The Department of Tourism is making a good show of justifying its receipt of more coronavirus relief than most other South Dakota government agencies by…
On Monday, Governor Kristi Noem announced a new job training program to help workers displaced by the coronavirus recession. SD Upskill will offer 22 18-credit…
…how about some coronavirus tombstones? Donald Trump’s “Garden of Heroes” history project is supposed to be done by July 4, 2026 (by which point President…
There she goes again—Governor Kristi Noem is spreading misinformation about coronavirus and masks, saying the risks of the disease are minimal and the research on…
When I was little, I had this idea that maybe we could beat the Russians—or at least make Russia prettier—if we bombed them with flower…
KELO Radio mis-headlines a story on Congressman Dusty Johnson’s commentary on school reopening plans. He doesn’t “weigh in”; he just waves his feathers: “Remember, these…