On May 15 the Governor’s Office of Economic Development hosted a webinar on its new CAFO-county bribe program. GOED appears not to have YouTubalized that…
Dakota Free Press Posts
Elect a Republican, get higher taxes. Just like Trump, Paul TenHaken campaigned as a conservative, but now that he’s in charge of Sioux Falls, TenHaken’s…
…or maybe we’re having trouble finding teen workers because we’re arresting so many kids for drug offenses: A new study shows that South Dakota leads the…
Anti-labor, anti-youth Republicans David and Al Novstrup resisted raising South Dakota’s minimum wage on the ridiculous argument that cutting wages gives young workers more opportunities.…
Ah, the circle of LIFE…. The Keystone XL pipeline will increase the greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change. Climate change is bringing more intense…
I am a liberal Democrat. Bob Newland is a dedicated Libertarian. We thus disagree on many issues. Yet Newland and I agree on the value…
Where two Aberdeen municipal candidates’ opposition to tree-planting requirements shows a short-sighted disdain for aesthetics and environmental science, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s plan for a…
On the good side of the farm report, South Dakota made a little more milk last month (assuming you like milk and cheese and the udder…
Today’s dreary, drizzly weather brings no relief to South Dakota farmers, who are well behind on planting. Yesterday’s USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service crop progress and…
In 2014, Clayvin Herrera and fellow citizens of the Crow Tribe followed a herd of wapiti (confused white men call them elk) from the Crow Reservation…