South Dakota has a number of statutes prohibiting “unfair trade practices” in the insurance industry. Among them is SDCL 58-33-74, which limits the value of…
Dakota Free Press Posts
In May 1967, NBC correspondent Sander Vanocur asked Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “What is it about the Negro? I mean, every other group that…
In the solutions-seeking-a-problem department, Senator Craig Kennedy (D-18/Yankton) offers the true conservative reason to vote against Senate Bill 49, Senator Jim Bolin’s resurrection of the…
Representative Kyle Schoenfish (R-19/Scotland) doesn’t have much to say, but at least he says something. Two weeks into the Legislative Session, I haven’t seen a…
In joining the unanimous Senate State Affairs vote to kill Senate Bill 7 last Monday, Senator Jordan Youngberg (R-8/Madison) made clear that he believes polling…
Why is South Dakota’s suicide rate double that of New York? According to new research from the Boston University School of Public Health, the youth…
Somehow I ran across this article from North Dakota State University Extension soil health specialist Abbey Wick, who reports that an experiment on 160 acres…
In another sign that the South Dakota Legislature is committed to poseurdom over problem-solving, Senator Phil Jensen (R-33/Rapid City) has rounded up 50 Republicans to…
Sheryl L. Johnson of Sioux Falls tells me she has filed a complaint with the Secretary of State’s office alleging that the City of Sioux…