Contrary to my frequent criticism, Governor Kristi Noem doesn’t completely refuse to invest in science and public health. Her proposed Fiscal Year 2023 budget includes…
Tag: Department of Health
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…
So a guy from Washington State popped off on Twitter accusing South Dakota of rationing vaccines by race and political party. The South Dakota Department…
Yesterday the Legislature sent to the Governor’s desk Senate Bill 3, an extension of the Department of Health’s emergency pandemic-prevention enforcement powers for another year.…
The Department of Health apparently doesn’t see coronavirus going away any time soon. It is asking the Legislature to keep covid-19 on the books as…
Dr. Specker also summarizes South Dakota’s flu situation—you know, flu, that disease some Republicans have burbled about as the equivalent of coronavirus in order to…
I would much rather be sowing confidence in my state government’s ability to keep us safe during a pandemic. However, the evidence is mounting that…
Yesterday South Dakota reported 320 new cases of coronavirus, six deaths, and 109 hospitalizations. That 109 is the highest number of people we’ve had in…
The Government Operations an Audit Committee meets Wednesday to review, among other matters, the Single Audit Report for Fiscal Year 2018. Bob Mercer reports that…