It figures that I’d be on my way to Sioux Falls for the ACLU Cheers for Liberty event (today, 5 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, 201…
Dakota Free Press Posts
Senator John Thune maintains his awkward embrace of Donald Trump by (a) avoiding comment on his candidate’s poor performance in Monday’s Presidential debate and (b) pretending…
Woe unto the voters who get their information exclusively from television. KELO-TV takes a “Closer Look” at Initiated Measure 23, the fair-share union dues measure. Their “Closer Look”…
At the hearing on revising the General Water Pollution Control Permit for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations before the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the South Dakota Cattlemen’s…
Brookings neighbors, learn about the ballot measures from an expert! On Monday, October 3, Dr. Robert Burns, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Dean Emeritus of…
…blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind… (We’ll see who gets the long-haired freaky people‘s vote.) Al Novstrup pops out of his hole (look at that…
Early voting is open at courthouses across the state. For folks far from a courthouse, South Dakota also offers six satellite early voting centers with varying schedules. Here’s…
Wellmark announced Tuesday that it will no longer offer individual health insurance plans in South Dakota. Here’s Wellmark VP Laura Jackson’s pleasant farewell to 8,000 South Dakota policyholders:…
Unable to muster intelligent commentary about either the Presidential debate that his nominee lost miserably last night or the South Dakota issues that should be defining…
Our discussion of Amendment V’s implications for plurality thresholds and ties prompted one shy reader to comment by e-mail that a fundamental weakness of the initiative process is the…