Aberdeen gets its third and final crackerbarrel this morning (10 a.m., Northern State University Student Union). As our legislators head for the last seven days…
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Eliminate 70% of Early Voting, Just Because, Say Perry, Weis, and Greenfield
Published 2019-02-03
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Why did Brock Greenfield change his mind? We still don’t know. Aberdeen activist Justin Roemmick asked gentlemen who fared better than he in last November’s…
Video: Aberdeen Crackerbarrel #2 in Full
Published 2019-02-03
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Eight legislators poked their heads out of their holes yesterday at the second 2019 Aberdeen crackerbarrel at Northern State University. You can see their pale…
Crackerbarrel Questions for This Weekend!
Published 2018-02-10
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Going to crackerbarrel today? Here some bills coming up for votes and questions about them that you may wish to pose to your legislators: House…
Crackerbarrel Questions: IM22 “Replacements,” Budget Patches, Guns, Free Speech….
Published 2017-02-25
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
I’m judging debate today, where South Dakota’s brightest and bravest students regularly display a keen grasp of evidence, logic, and rhetoric. I will thus miss…
Aberdeen Crackerbarrel Opportunity for David Novstrup to Say Yes to Sales Tax for Teacher Pay
Published 2016-02-27
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Senator David Novstrup, the District 3 Republican whom I will replace in the South Dakota Senate next year, sounded at best squishy about supporting House Bill…
Al Novstrup “99%” Against Payday Lender Trick Bill, Calls Amendment U “Decoy” and “Fraud”
Published 2016-02-21
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
At yesterday’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel, Sister Myra Remily asked our legislators about House Bill 1161, the payday lending industry’s fourth dirty trick to evade South Dakotans’ effort to cap short-term interest…
Video: Lana Greenfield Calls Effort to Raise Teacher Pay “Blatant Corruption”
Published 2016-02-21
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Teacher pay led the questions at Saturday’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel. Aberdeen superintendent and Blue Ribbon Task Force member Becky Guffin thanked Rep. Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) for his…
Brock Greenfield Rejects Legislative Pay Raise, Al Novstrup Says OK, David Novstrup Says Vote Democrat
Published 2016-02-20
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
The Aberdeen crackerbarrel brought all sorts of fun. Both of northeast South Dakota’s parent-child legislator duos—Rep. Lana and Senator Brock Greenfield and Rep. Al and…
ASBSD Posts Crackerbarrel Calendar
Published 2016-01-26
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
The Associated School Boards of South Dakota have a keen interest in seeing the Legislature pass teacher pay raises and avoid passing anything silly with respect to…