Before its first meeting Wednesday, the Correctional Rehabilitation Task Force had the chance to sit in with the Legislature’s Initial Incarceration, Reentry Analysis, and Comparison…
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You may think, “Oh, I don’t need food stamps, so the government shutdown won’t hurt me.” But South Dakota’s jet set could take a hit…
On June 30, the White House said its Big Ugly Bill would cut the national debt: Let’s be clear: A vote against the One Big…
Four Republicans on the Legislature’s Rules Review Committee voted in July to cut Temporary Assistance for Needy Families by 10%, saving the state $1.5 million…
Also holding a special meeting Tuesday will be the Lake County Commission, which needs to pull over a half-million dollars from reserves to cover next…
The big Special Session on the new prison is coming up Tuesday. Governor Larry Rhoden is thus loading up lawmakers and the voters with numbers…
Bloodthirstily chanting Waste! Fraud! and Abuse!, Trump and his civil-society-wreckers have stripped funds from Medicaid, SNAP, and other social assistance programs. But what about crop…
Governor Rhoden says the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is all about Freedom™, but the state’s enthusiasm for the Rally is predicated mostly on taxes: The South…
Kristi Noem does love skipping work to fly around the country and the world. While she was Governor, she tried to get the state to…
The Joint Appropriations Committee will hear a report from the South Dakota Retirement System on Thursday afternoon. Among the many fascinating facts about the successful…