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…
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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…
Governor Larry Rhoden continues his predecessor Kristi Noem’s tradition of keeping South Dakota dependent on the federal government. Rhoden’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2027…
Governor Larry Rhoden noted in his budget address yesterday that Medicaid has now overtaken K-12 as a share of the state general fund. But don’t…