In his nomination acceptance speech last July (back before we jumped the continuum rails into this strange alternate reality where black is white and ignorance is strength),…
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Last month, Senator Jason Frerichs (D-1/Wilmot) said he wanted to introduce a “stay in South Dakota” requirement for the Opportunity Scholarship, the $6,500 we offer…
Three months ago, Governor Dennis Daugaard said the state revenue outlook wasn’t great. Today, his Bureau of Finance and Management tells us the revenue outlook is worse…
Having trouble pronouncing your doctor’s name? Your prognosis just improved by 0.4 percentage points. A new study published in the British Medical Journal finds Medicare patients treated…
We start the Legislative week with twelve important bills to watch—important because, right now, they are meaningless: SB 104: “to protect certain easement holders and rural…
I kid you not. At yesterday’s crackerbarrel in Watertown, rookie Rep. Neal Tapio (R-5/Watertown responded to a question about getting rid of Medicaid by saying (timestamp…
As another sign that the Republican Party has been hijacked by Trumpy activists with commitment to no principles, 73 party activists chose a foreign agent of Saudi Arabia who…
Sioux Falls chef and family man Bill Mawhiney offers his take on Senate Bill 149, the Legislature’s latest attempt to dress up discrimination as “religious freedom.” Mawhiney…
The last few minutes of yesterday’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel was a muddy jumble of questions and commentary on gun issues. Senator Brock Greenfield used the phrase…