The Aberdeen City Council last night narrowly approved first reading of an expansion of the sales tax refunds the city offers to big industrial projects.…
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Judge Patricia Devaney heard arguments in the Lance Russell ballot access case yesterday, but she said she needed another day to figure out how to…
Predictably, Pat Powers is so focused on marginalizing Republican Stanford Adelstein for endorsing Democratic candidate Billie Sutton for governor that he can’t be bothered to…
I hate thinking of September in August, but, recognizing South Dakota’s rising suicide rate, Governor Dennis Daugaard is urging South Dakotans to make September Suicide…
In another sign of confusion over how the South Dakota economy is doing, amidst concerns about low wages and the tariff insult to an already…
Democratic candidate for U.S. House Tim Bjorkman has stated unequivocally that the Trump tariffs are hurting South Dakota agriculture. His Republican opponent, Dusty Johnson, agrees…
Marsy needed a fix all right…. Henry T. Nicholas III, the California billionaire with whom Speaker G. Mark Mickelson partnered to pass Amendment Y, Marsy’s…
Two podcasts in a row? Don’t get used to it—audio still takes more time to edit than text and links! Last week I pulled a…
On Tuesday, August 7, Pennington County Director of Health and Human Services Barry Tice brought before his county commissioners the following proposal to apply for…
The American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota has launched its “Smart Justice” campaign this month. John Tsitrian and I have both given the new…