In another example of MAGAism stunting South Dakota’s growth, the Noem Administration has joined five other Republican-led states in refusing federal grants to boost clean…
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Speaking of ballot measures, the expansion of Medicaid that South Dakota voters smartly approved last November may not be costing the state nearly as much…
Governor Kristi Noem offered a rather uninspired, status-quo budget speech yesterday. She does propose a 4% increase in funding for schools, state employees, and healthcare…
Governor Kristi Noem probably doesn’t want to talk to reporter Bob Mercer because of his subtle but merciless fact-checking. Check out how, without saying, “Noem…
Since the Legislature refused to spend any of the hundreds of millions of extra dollars pouring into its coffers on funding school meals the way…
Budgets declare values. We spend money on the things we love. So when South Dakota fetus-fetishists shout, “I want more babies, more babies, we love…
The American Recovery Plan Act is one gift from President Joe Biden that will keep on giving. According to the “Quarterly ARPA Spend Update” at…
Before they got to complaining about how the Governor’s taxpayer-funded self-promotion has not eased the workforce shortage, the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors got to…
South Dakota is celebrating Cybersecurity Awareness Month by standing alone in forgoing millions of dollars in federal grants available to bolster cybersecurity. Just last month,…
House Democrats yesterday delayed the vote on Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s surprise shutdown-averting stopgap spending bill to read it and make sure the Speaker hadn’t snuck…