Representative Kadyn Wittman (D-15/Sioux Falls) again tries to get South Dakota to broaden its professed love for children beyond embryos and help feed hungry kids.…
Tag: budget
The savage demolition of the arms of the federal government that don’t shoot people is impacting South Dakota’s state budget. According to the budget briefing…
Former Senate boss Lee Schoenbeck says the Governor and Legislature wouldn’t have to play word games to break the school-funding law if they would just…
South Dakota Searchlight gets Lieutenant Governor Tony Venhuizen to remind us how the Governor and Legislature get by with breaking the Janklow-era law that requires…
Speaking of government expenditures and demon rum… You know what else outweighs the $189.4 million federal Rural Health Transformation grant Governor Larry Rhoden announced yesterday?…
Governor Larry Rhoden yesterday announced that the federal Department of Hellth is giving South Dakota $189.4 million to subsidize rural health care. The money comes…
King Don’s destruction of the U.S. Agency for International Aid included slashing support for refugee camps in Bangladesh that shelter 600,000 Rohingya children. UNICEF has…
Former Republican legislator Jean Hunhoff of Yankton, who is running to return to the Senate in 2027, says Governor Larry Rhoden’s flat budget proposal doesn’t…
An eager reader responds to Wednesday’s post on the $3.14 billion in federal funding that Governor Larry Rhoden includes in his $7.44-billion budget proposal by…
Back in 2021, the Legislature appropriated $5 million to buy frequent luxury flyer Kristi Noem a new-to-us turboprop plane. Now Governor Larry Rhoden is jumping…