In the John Wayne Toilet Paper department, Senator Stace Nelson tells his Republican colleague Senator Deb Peters that he will fulfill her request that he…
Tag: corruption
Aw, Brinda Kuhn! By refusing to come talk to GOAC in Pierre next week, you’re missing your chance to talk about draft legislation that could…
Two crimes, two punishments, and two prosecutors, one who is Attorney General, and one who wants to be. Rocky Roy Rardon abused his position as…
Education Secretary Melody Schopp raised my eyebrows with her claim last week that the Mid-Central Educational Cooperative scandal didn’t lose any federal GEAR UP grant…
In over three hours of testimony to the the Government Operations and Audit Committee in Pierre yesterday, Secretary of Education Melody Schopp said none of…
Senator Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs), one of South Dakota’s most conservative legislators, sat down today for a one-on-one interview with Dakota Free Press, South Dakota’s…
The mortally corrupt Mid-Central Educational Cooperative was supposed to dissolve last week. But at its supposedly penultimate board meeting on June 15, Mid-Central voted to…
KCPO-TV occasionally airs The Facts, an ironic exercise in trying to get “facts” from a stream of right-wing wishmongers. The Sioux Falls station hasn’t posted new “Facts”…
Beleageured Co-op Denies Responsibility, Exits Stage Left The Department of Legislative Audit has released two important documents: its audit report for the Mid-Central Educational Cooperative for…
Mike Huether apparently has his own internal corruption scandal on his hands. After firing Fire Chief Jim Sideras two months before his planned retirement, banning Sideras from…