Peter Harkness of Governing reminds us of the stark contrast between the listless legislating of the Trump Congress and the vigorous first-month action of the…
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Our conversations about the Deep-sixed Borehole Field Test and nuclear waste have led eager reader, commenter, and nuclear physicist Dr. Robert McTaggart likes sending me…
Senator Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs), one of South Dakota’s most conservative legislators, sat down today for a one-on-one interview with Dakota Free Press, South Dakota’s…
A couple weeks ago, the Legislative Research Council issued a prison/jail fiscal impact statement for New Approach South Dakota’s recreational marijuana initiative. Using the surprising…
Republicans may be bound and determined to saddle more Americans with medical expenses. starting September 15, Experian, Equifax, and Transunion will wait 180 days before…
The Alexander Mitchell Library Foundation announced yesterday that Aberdeen’s new public library will be named K.O. Lee Public Library, in honor of homesteader turned auto/tractor/grinding…
Right Wing Watch reports a strange manifestation of Christian dominionism under the least Christian President of the past century: Ralph Drollinger, the minister who leads regular…
The South Dakota Division of Banking is investigating whether Chuck Brennan’s payday lending stores can offer one-week loans at 36% APP plus late fees. Here’s…
Another petition is street-ready! Doug Kronaizl announces on Represent South Dakota’s Facebook page that Secretary of State Shantel Krebs has approved his group’s South Dakota…
South Dakota Citizens for Liberty has released its “Second Amendment Scorecard” for the 2017 Legislature. As a whole, the Legislature scores relatively poorly in the…