Governor Kristi Noem has done a remarkable job of not spending federal coronavirus relief dollars on coronavirus relief. Now Representative Chris Karr, who came down…
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Representatives Chris Karr (R-11/Sioux Falls) and Aaron Aylward (R-6/Harrisburg) have both tested positive for coronavirus. Both appear maskless at the Capitol in the recent photo…
An eager reader turns my attention to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Covid-19 Nursing Home Dataset, and I get to spend my waking…
I messed up again. Yesterday I wrote that Senator Al Novstrup had shown some civic responsibility in following the Board of Regents rules for wearing…
Well, ignorant Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) isn’t completely incorrigible. After violating Board of Regents rules and speechifying without a mask at Northern State University last…
Bloomberg has developed a vaccine tracker to show the nation’s progress in distributing our coronavirus shots. South Dakota enjoyed a brief moment on top, as…
An eager reader sends me to articles: one with Bloomberg’s observations on Governor Kristi Noem’s tyrannical, murderous, but useful-as-counterexample experiment in herd immunity: As many…
Nurse Erin Tobin beat anti-vaxxer Republican House Majority Leader Lee Qualm in last year’s District 21 Senate GOP primary. She vowed last November to wear…
A couple months ago, Sanford Hospital CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft informed his employees that he’d recovered from covid-19 and thus didn’t have to wear a mask:…
In response to valid concerns that crowded polling places could spread coronavirus, many states sensibly mailed absentee ballots to every voter. South Dakota Secretary of…