If you think I like to poke the bear, check in with Senator Ryan Maher (R-28/Isabel), who plans to propose a bill to consolidate administration…
Dakota Free Press Posts
I’m just trying to be helpful…. Governor Kristi Noem tried suppressing protest against her foreign Big Oil pals‘ Keystone XL pipeline and got beat in…
Greetings, Blogophiles, I’m back! I have to apologize for my absence over the past month, but between the holidays, and my other writing job being…
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…