Speaking of Republican whackadoodles, one Chet Ellsworth of Rapid City brought some real wingnut craziness to the Government Operations and Audit Committee on Tuesday. According…
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New Minnehaha County auditor Leah Anderson is moving quickly to show that, for all of her Patriot Ripple posturing as a defender of voting rights is…
Governor Kristi Noem just raised your State Fair ticket price. Well, not Noem herself, but she sent her Secretary of Agriculture (and Natural Resources) Hunter…
South Dakota is short of workers. The Legislature gave the Governor’s Office of Economic Development a million dollars to recruit workers. But evidently GOED spent…
Historical impersonator John “Chuck” Chalberg wrote in September 2002 that “Public schools have done ‘more harm than good.’” Chalberg cited H.L. Mecnken’s complaints about public…
The South Dakota Department of Education will hold a Civics and History Summit June 12–14 at the Sioux Falls Convention Center to start indoctrinating teachers…
Congressman Dusty Johnson told a meeting he organized in Sioux Falls Monday that “30 years of economic engagement” has not made China freer. But the…
Chas Olson, interim director of the South Dakota Housing Development Authority, told his board members yesterday that he’s moving the rulemaking necessary to implement the…
Canadian music god Gordon Lightfoot died yesterday at age 84. I will be hearing “Sundown” in my head all day long:
The SDGOP spin blog is off script again… and so is Americans for Prosperity. Pat Powers reports that the plutocrats at AFP are sending out…