House Judiciary passed a civics test last week, though barely with a D. Culture-war maven Representative Isaac Latterell (R-6/Tea) brought House Bill 1154 to crack…
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David Novstrup spent ten years of his twenties and thirties in Pierre as a Republican legislator. But as he grows older, he may be giving…
Farmers, Donald Trump doesn’t hate you. He just doesn’t know anything about you… or care. Independent blogger and experienced commodities trader John Tsistrian explains that…
Sales tax provides by far the single biggest chunk of South Dakota’s general fund revenues. In Fiscal Year 2018, the 4.5% we pay on our…
Roger Hunt would have hated these ladies, so let’s give a big welcome to Dakota Surrogacy, a Sioux Falls company “dedicated to helping singles, infertile…
I just learned from NPR that, starting January 4, Amazon will block most small businesses from selling used Apple products on their platform. In November,…
I keep hearing the newscasters on South Dakota Public Radio reciting a distressing phrase to describe some CAFO complications: Officials with the Department of Environment…
Another reason to support making debate a graduation requirement for all South Dakota high schoolers: old debaters are keeping the book business alive in Watertown!…
I’ve heard some opponents of Initiated Measure 25, the tobacco tax for vo-techs, say that raising the tobacco tax won’t make anyone quit smoking. But…
The Regents propose what appears to be minor housekeeping in its draft revision of its policy on recognizing and funding student organizations. Admirably, the Regents…