When you get done crackerbarreling Saturday morning, head over to Brookings in the afternoon to see a forum of candidates who want to chair the…
Dakota Free Press Posts
Numerous reports suggest that Congress and the White House are working toward a compromise that will avert the second government shutdown of the year and…
Governor Kristi Noem didn’t produce a Glamour Shots video of her first veto the way she did for her first bill signing. She just sent…
Representative Jon Hansen’s first Wednesday hoghouse was about creating cost and complication for ballot question sponsors at the end of the petition process. His second…
Real petition reform is getting a hearing, and democracy needs you to testify! Senator Reynold Nesiba’s Senate Bill 157, a copy of my planned ballot…
Representative Jon Hansen (R-25/Dell Rapids) finally filled two of his hoghouse bills dealing with ballot question petitions yesterday in House State Affairs. One of them,…
Lobbyist and lawyer Matt McCaulley may not have remained in state government after his service on Kristi Noem’s transition team, but he’s still working on…
The feds have indicted South Dakota Republican schemer Paul Erickson, not centrally for any shenanigans with convicted Russian agent Maria Butina, but for wire fraud…
It’s a good thing the state Treasury isn’t involved with Kristi Noem’s push for civics education. Treasurer Josh Haeder’s newly promoted finance officer Nick Stensaas…
Hearing Republican legislators Al Novstrup and Lana Greenfield passionately defend nepotism at Aberdeen’s February 2 crackerbarrel reminded me that I should see how Kristi Noem’s family and friends…