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Dakota Free Press Posts
The editorial board of my local board uses the state’s twin losses in court (IM 24 last May; 2019 HB 1094 this month) over the…
In 2016, Senate candidate Al Novstrup said “the low point” of his memories of being a legislator was hearing a candidate propose a boycott of…
On Thursday I wrote about a Harvard Law Review note calling for, among other things, elimination of the unrepresentative, undemocratic Electoral College. On Friday, Attorney…
We’re all prone to pay special attention to things that prop up our worldview and ignore the things that challenge it. Pat Powers, for instance,…
The first article of impeachment against Donald John Trump reports the fact that Trump suspended the release of Congressionally appropriated funds with the corrupt motive…
Representative Carl Perry (R-3/Aberdeen) offers House Bill 1062, a not quite fully baked idea to promote financial education for all South Dakotans. The bill actually…
More money is flowing out of Pierre in secret. Bob Mercer reports that the state Board of Economic Development approved handing $941,962 from the public…
Get ready for the South Dakota Week of Work, in which our great state will celebrate the amount of work Governor Kristi Noem and her…
Senator Helene Duhamel, whom Governor Kristi Noem appointed in December to fill the District 32 seat vacated by, says she plans to keep her day…