Governor Dennis Daugaard’s budget address on Tuesday will tackle one thorny contributor to South Dakota’s lagging sales tax revenues—increased spending on health care: Twenty years…
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Only a jerk as big as Donald Trump could make me say, “Thank goodness for our humanitarian Republican Congress!” But there they are, John Thune,…
I learn from a Bob Mercer tweet that Hutchinson County is thinking about replacing its 1881 courthouse (the oldest functioning courthouse in South Dakota). Built for…
Speaking of Tony Venhuizen, the Governor’s chief of staff tweeted this photo of possibly the funniest lieutenant governor in the United States and invites captions:…
Governor Dennis Daugaard is sounding the same cautious budgetary tone that he did last year, citing lower-than-expected sales tax revenues to lower expectations for his…
I’ve been reviewing an updated summary of FY2017 legislator travel reimbursements provided by the Legislative Research Council. This updated list includes “miscellaneous” charges along with transportation,…
Today’s juxtaposition of South Dakota “pro-life” attitudes: In Brown County, following an incident in which a man brought a garden shovel into the courthouse and…
Under President Barack Obama, we pulled the economy out of recession and got the federal deficit back below the 40-year average as measured by percentage…
And in more cruel, vindictive chaos, Donald Trump plans to yank $7 billion in cost-sharing reductions that are helping seven million Americans afford health insurance. “What…
Nine Republican legislators from South Dakota traveled on taxpayer dollars in Fiscal Year 2017 to imbibe the corporate-fascist nectar of ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange…