President Obama and the Democratic Congress included the Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act to save lives. But the Medicaid expansion also provides economic…
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Instead of choosing to bully the South Dakota High School Activities Association, the organization that makes possible all those state tournaments everyone loves to attend and…
In the Psychological Projection Department, Congresswoman Kristi Noem upbraided IRS Commissioner John Koskinen in a hearing yesterday thus: A new staff report by Republicans on the House…
Governor Dennis Daugaard’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on Teachers and Students has its website up. BlueRibbon.SD.Gov is nicely named for the next time the Governor needs…
Rep. Lee Schoenbeck (R-5/Watertown) dropped by the Dakota Free Press comment section yesterday to ask some reasonable questions about teacher pay, opt-outs, and South Dakota voters’…
WalletHub ranks the states for dependence on federal government funding and jobs. In our region, Minnesota and Nebraska are the least dependent on Uncle Sam,…
Dr. Tim Mitchell superintends a school district with a student body the size of the entire town of Pierre and a staff (teachers, sweepers, everybody) the…
Remember that Farm Bill Congresswoman Kristi Noem always brags about? It was far more than a day late… and now we learn it may run…
What do you get from a Republican Congress? Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, and not even the courage to call these cuts cuts: House Republicans called…
Senator Bernie Hunhoff still sees progress being made toward expanding Medicaid, but he says the biggest disappointment of the 2015 Legislative Session is his colleagues’ continued…