Feedlot fanatic Speaker G. Mark Mickelson (R-13/Sioux Falls) continues to press his one-track vision of rural economic development by threatening to take away state aid to…
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Oh, but enough about taxes and politics. Let’s have a happy Christmas story, about Freeman natives and high school sweethearts John and Donna Beier growing…
Last month the SDGOP spin blog huffed and puffed about Rep. Susan Wismer’s characterization of Congresswoman Kristi Noem’s tired old “estate tax nearly took my…
An eager labor-minded reader forwards me this interview with author Malcolm Harris, who says the shift of job training to public education has shifted costs…
Rapid City blogger and columnist John Tsitrian does a good job of taking apart Governor Dennis Daugaard’s rebuttal to Tsitrian’s diagnosis of South Dakota’s anemic…
Iowa Senate Majority Leader Bill Dix wants to eliminate Iowa’s corporate and indivisual income taxes. The Des Moines Register raps that proposal by pointing to South Dakota:…
Meet the press Thursday as the Sioux Falls League of Women Voters hosts political reporter Dana Ferguson for lunch! The SF LWV will host Ferguson…
District 8’s legislators sound notably passive in the face of the dreary budget outlook offered by Governor Dennis Daugaard. Like the Governor, instead of offering…
If you think I’m exaggerating the negative impact of the Trump-Tax-driven closure of the Molded Fiber Glass plant in Aberdeen, check out the Aberdeen American…
The consequences women may face if they report sexual harassment will get the spotlight in Aberdeen this week as Laura Zylstra Kaiser’s civil rights lawsuit…