The first verified detection of the omicron variant of covid-19 in South Dakota, in a 20-something male, prompts straight talk from the state on how…
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South Dakota’s $85.9-million budget surplus last fiscal year came from wind farm construction and federal coronavirus relief and farm subsidies, not from any brilliant visionary fiscal…
Last winter, South Dakota was leading the nation in getting the new coronavirus vaccines. We quickly fell away from that admirable leadership. Now as we…
If you love babies and real scientific evidence, you’d better love covid shots. New research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Covid-19 Response…
Smithfield Denies Wrongdoing But Pays Paltry OSHA Fine for Coronavirus Hazards; Workers Disappointed
In September 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined Smithfield Foods $13,494, the maximum allowed by law, for failing to protect its Sioux Falls…
The United States Marshals who defied U.S. District Judge Charles Kornmann’s coronavirus safety protocols in May will face no judicial penalty, not because they did…
The Wall Street Journal looks at the Consumer Price Index data for October and finds that prices rose the most here in the Midwest: The Bureau…
South Dakota’s continued to rack up coronavirus deaths through October about as fast as it did a year ago, but our covid-recklessness appears to have…
97% of the Central Intelligence Agency’s personnel have gotten their coronavirus shots. But large percentages of intel workers in other agencies appear not to be…
All is not lost in South Dakota’s Department of Health. Even Governor Kristi Noem’s commitment to Trumpist science denial can’t stop the DOH from advocating…