Dr. Erin Fouberg, Northern State University professor of geography, offered a useful lecture on redistricting at last night’s gerrymandering forum hosted by the League of…
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One more dip in the data from the Chronicle of Higher Education…. South Dakota ties Mississippi and Hawaii for 37th in university graduation rates. 51.1%…
If you think Brookings, Vermillion, and South Dakota’s other college towns are remarkably racially diverse, zoom out on the map. The Chronicle of Higher Education‘s fun…
Republican candidate for governor Kristi Noem is offering coattails to her downticket partner in District 1, one of the few strong Democratic districts in the…
Hey, Lakota brothers and sisters! Know how to make a bunch of Republicans nervous? Lakota Vote—that’s what those t-shirts at the Rosebud Fair Wacipi and…
Oglala Lakota journalist Brandon Ecoffey isn’t endorsing a gubernatorial candidate yet. He says he wants to give Billie Sutton and Kristi Noem both more time…
Following my post Tuesday on South Dakota’s rising suicide rate, an eager reader helps me find the updated suicide surveillance report with 2017 data on the…
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman Harold Frazier received notice from TransCanada yesterday that the Canadian company will begin prepping construction sites for the Keystone XL…
Weep not for Tatewin Means. Just a week after missing her shot at running state law enforcement, the multi-talented Means gets to run Thunder Valley…
Term-limited Rep. Jim Schaefer (R-26B/Kennebec) is stepping away from the Legislature (he’s leaving challenging incumbent Democratic Senator Troy Heinert to Republican Joel Koskan). Stepping into…