On hearing of the death of former legislator and anti-choice crusader Roger Hunt, Governor-Elect Kristi Noem issued this statement on Saturday: Trailblazer? Sure, Hunt blazed…
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While the McCaulley/Noem Administration-Elect decides just how mean it can be to transgender South Dakotans, Massachusetts voters affirmed their state’s law prohibiting discrimination against transgender…
With the defeat of Initiated Measure 25 and the election of a Republican Governor and Legislature who have no plans to invest in education, South…
Elect a bunch of empty Rs, and what do you get? “Leadership” consisting of no great statesmen… and no women. Republican Representatives-Elect met in Pierre…
Who’s the most awesome Democrat in South Dakota? If we can get past the laughter (awesome? in a party that hasn’t moved the needle away…
My relative lack of enthusiasm for 2018’s five ballot measures was reflected in one odd statistic from our general election results: a larger percentage of voters…
G. Mark Mickelson got swamped by Big Tobacco in his unsuccessful Initiated Measure 25 campaign to fund vo-techs by raising our tobacco tax. But he…
We all know that higher tobacco taxes reduce smoking. But the threat of tobacco taxes increase smoking… or at least the purchase of smokes? The…
The surge in numerical voter turnout that appears to have been driven by the excitement generated by Billie Sutton’s failed campaign has one downside (for…
As expected, the man who will really be running the state under the Noem/Rhoden Adminstration is high-priced lobbyist and lawyer Matt McCaulley. Team Noem announces…