Here’s today’s just-concluded Watertown town hall with Rep. Kristi Noem, recorded by Anne Weyer. The moderator is former District 5 Senator Ried Holien: Always fun…
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I will spend none of this weekend watching any basketball games. However, for you South Dakotans who are watching basketball, who broadcasts every game from…
Governor Dennis Daugaard scratched his veto itch today. Stricken by the Governor’s pen today were these five bills: House Bill 1156: This bill would have allowed individuals with…
Headlines should match their photos, right? One, two, three… yesterday’s Aberdeen job fair sure doesn’t look crowded. The 175 folks laid off by Molded Fiber Glass last month must all…
The Whitetail Fire in Custer State Park this month is one tiny flare-up in a long-term increase in wildfire driven by climate change. The Trump budget…
The pivotal argument in the GEAR UP trials may be a political argument: Guericke’s defense attorney, Mike Butler, says his client’s only crime was trusting Scott…
Hey, Watertown! Read Trump’s budget: Eliminates funding for the Essential Air Service (EAS) program, which was originally conceived of as a temporary program nearly 40 years…
Kaiser Family Foundation says the Republican “American Health Care Act” will cost South Dakota health insurance buyers thousands of dollars each year. Scott A. Duke, president…
In suffering judicial suspension of its second Muslim immigration ban, the Trump Administration may be learning that words matter. Specifically, Donald Trump doesn’t get to spend over…
Don’t call me next Friday afternoon; my March 24 is spoken for: On Friday, March 24, 2017, the South Dakota Advisory Committee to the U.S.…