Yesterday I erroneously complained on Twitter that, with just two hours to go before the Initiative and Referendum Task Force met, the Legislative Research Council…
Dakota Free Press Posts
The state Department of Education has released its official calculation of South Dakota’s average teacher pay in the first year of the extra half-penny sales…
Senator Billie Sutton offers two draft bills for the Government Operations and Audit Committee’s consideration today (or maybe tomorrow) in Sioux Falls. The Democratic gubernatorial…
Once the Government Operations and Audit Committee gets done grilling anyone from Tri-Valley who dares show up to talk about its possibly illegal laptops-for-enrollment scheme,…
The Government Operations and Audit Committee has a lot more on its plate today (and probably tomorrow) at its meeting at Carnegie Town Hall in…
I might like my new local Regent. Governor Dennis Daugaard appointed Jim Thares to fill hoary old Harvey Jewett’s seat on the Board of Regents…
Blogs live on links and conversation… but a little cash helps, too! Readers and sponsors provide the financial support necessary to pay for web hosting,…
The secretive administration of Sioux Falls mayor Mike Huether has found a clever way to keep documents used in public decision-making secret: declare them drafts!…
During his campaign for Senate last year, Al Novstrup cried that the low point of his time in the Legislature was when I suggested a…
It turns out Senator John Thune does have more than useless thoughts and prayers for victims of the Las Vegas shootings. He also has tactical…