Some Republican Senators tried last night to reduce the unemployment benefits promised to low-income workers by the pending 2.2-trillion-dollar coronavirus relief bill. Senators Ben Sasse,…
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Minnehaha County has caught up with Beadle County in the number of confirmed covid-19 cases in South Dakota. Throw in Lincoln County’s first case, and…
The South Dakota Legislature takes my advice and moves Veto Day online! According to a press release issued this morning, the South Dakota Legislature will…
We were driving back into northwest Aberdeen Sunday from our family walk out at Mina Lake when my wife noticed the empty parking lot at…
I’m listening to Tourism Secretary Jim Hagen on South Dakota Public Radio this noon trying to strike a balance between his appointed mission to make…
Governor Kristi Noem says we “should” think innovatively and entrepreneurially; I’m happy to oblige. The Republican-controlled Senate is having trouble getting its poop in a…
Governor Kristi Noem issued two executive orders Monday. One does things to address the coronavirus pandemic; the other does nothing. Executive Order 2020-07 tackles covid-19…
In her coronavirus press briefing today, Governor Kristi Noem said “up to 30 percent of our population could get sick. That is literally tens of…
Don’t expect Aberdeen Mayor Travis Schaunaman to follow the lead of Mayor Steve Allender in shutting down Rapid City’s bars and other recreational businesses. He’s…
With far less discussion than provoked by its bar-hookah-gym closure, the Rapid City Common Council last night repealed its idiosyncratic 2004 moratorium on telephonic and…