South Dakota’s senior state government reporter, Bob Mercer, came to Aberdeen Friday to receive the South Dakota Newspaper Association’s Distinguished Service Award. Mercer took time after…
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Among the do-nothing puffery from the White House this week is Donald Trump’s executive order telling Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to review education policies and…
I note with respect the passing of Michael Joseph Myers, Sioux Falls native, lawyer, law professor, 2014 Independent candidate for Governor, and heck-raiser. Myers died this…
Trump’s “plan” to bring back coal jobs by rolling back Obama-era environmental regulations is woefully misguided: If you’ve not been paying attention, coal has been taking…
Donald Trump has claimed credit for unemployment figures and job creation in January, February, and March of this year. Donald Trump is full of crap (we’ve discussed…
For all of you worried that a snap election for new South Dakota Democratic Party leadership could wreck McGovern Day and sow long-lasting division in the…
As Democrats gather in Sioux Falls for the McGovern Day fundraiser and a possible snap election for chair, I note the following immediate dangers to the…
My sponsors at the Sioux Falls Democratic Forum have landed an interesting speaker for Friday’s luncheon. Addressing all interested listeners at noon at the Sioux…
While the SDGOP spin blog poops all over itself trying to figure out who’s going to run the opposition party, Dana Ferguson can’t find any Democrats ready to…
The 34-year-old man found dead in SDGOP chairman Dan Lederman’s Iowa City bail bonds office Sunday was killed by a gunshot: The Iowa City Police Department on…