Here in District 3, the Democratic candidates for House understand that expanding Medicaid would be good for South Dakota: Both [Justin] Roemmick and [Leslie] McLaughlin…
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Not all of South Dakota state government is sitting on its coronavirus relief funds to earn interest or burning them up on national TV campaign…
Increased sales tax revenues aren’t dissuading legislators from supporting Governor Kristi Noem’s plan to direct the biggest chunk yet of South Dakota’s federal coronavirus relief…
It’s not every day that a five-million-dollar increase in sales tax revenues amidst a pandemic recession is only the second biggest budget story of the…
Senator John Thune must think Joe Biden is going to be President next year. After four years of ignoring the unabashed deficit spending of his…
Four years ago, Donald Trump promised to spend more money on military planes and boats to boost America’s ability to wage war: Trump said in…
Dakotans for Health is evidently taking my advice and gearing up to launch its petition drive to place Medicaid expansion on the 2022 ballot as…
Better late than never: Governor Kristi Noem has announced that she will send about $75 million in coronavirus relief funds to South Dakota’s K-12 schools.…
Senator Reynold Nesiba (D-15/Sioux Falls) offered the bright idea yesterday that, instead of sitting around waiting to see what Congress might do about the deadline…
I wholeheartedly support Speaker Steven Haugaard (R-10/Sioux Falls) in his bid to reassert the Legislature’s coequal status in South Dakota government by calling for a…