As Donald Trump gets ready to release the full ugly of the frightful budget framework his White House spat out two months ago, Mike Maciag of Governing reviews the…
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I suppose I can’t get too excited about Donald Trump’s base-whumping declaration to the Muslim princes and potentates yesterday that there is no war of…
Fresh off the Mac—it’s Dakota Free Press Podcast #8! Today’s guest is Renée Wise, candidate for Aberdeen school board. Wise talks about her interest in dyslexia, classroom technology, and…
The last question at John Thune’s Aberdeen town hall Monday came from an older gentleman who, like Donald Trump, said our national debt is a…
Last week I reported that, as of the end of February, the state was spending money more slowly than it had at that point in…
Megan Raposa reports that new performance standards requiring more contact hours may mean the Sioux Falls Head Start program won’t be able to serve as many kids: The Head Start…
Senator John Thune fielded questions from fourteen citizens during his town hall in Aberdeen today. You can view most of the questions and responses, along with…
Senator John Thune held a one-hour town hall for about 90 interested citizens here in Aberdeen today. I’ll post video of the fourteen questions he fielded shortly,…
South Dakota’s tax revenues may be lagging, but, on the good side, so is state spending: As of the end of February, 66.67% of the…
But No Statewide Depression Yet? The Black Hills Knowledge Network notices new Bureau of Economic Analysis data that show personal income in South Dakota grew $480 million last…