Uh oh: one of the policies being pushed to improve education for tribal youth in South Dakota is charter schools. South Dakota News Watch reports that NDN…
Dakota Free Press Posts
Maybe South Dakota’s agricultural lobby isn’t as fired up about hemp as folks eager to override Governor Kristi Noem’s opposition to the crop are assuming.…
My local paper runs this odd little online poll asking “Is the second 2019 Market Facilitation Program payment large enough?” The poll widgeteer, Civic Science,…
That Sioux Falls paper says someone should be held accountable for the really bad decision to spend $1.4 million on the ridiculous and counterproductive “Meth.…
Earlier this month, I explained the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s standards of care for transgender youth that render Rep. Fred Deutsch’s (R-4/Florence) proposed…
“Alcohol. We’re On It.” And yikes, we’re on the road with it: According to 2018 figures, there were 5,891 DUI arrests in South Dakota, 32nd…
In the spirit of Governor Kristi Noem’s call to identify with the downtrodden, I consider renaming my series of letters from the South Dakota State…
Senator Mike Rounds gets credit for paying attention to this blog (you know they read Dakota Free Press in Washington) and supporting legislation to expand…
Contrary to Senator Mike Rounds’s partisan complaint that the House of Representatives isn’t getting anything done, Democratic and Republican Representatives are working together to pass…