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Senator Bernie Hunhoff (D-18/Yankton) insists “we’re making progress” toward expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Is the key to bringing our ever-recalcitrant Governor Dennis Daugaard around getting South…

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Cory Allen Heidelberger on "House Guts SB 40, Pr...": Matthew, I don't do smears or hit pieces. I just r...
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grudznick on "Ineffective Noem Sti...": We should not be taxing people on their hard-earne...

Blog Roll: SD Mostly Political

The South Dakota Standard
Brookings pastor Carl Kline: Embrace winter and enjoy the snow! It’s as important to play in it as it is to plow it: This past Saturday had warmed up enough that it seemed a good day to do some roof-raking. The snow was deep enough on the west roof, with more sliding down from the upper story, that I was afraid of i…

2023.03.04

South DaCola
6th Street Bunker Bridge becoming more complicated and messy: While most might think saving over a $1 million on the project is a good thing, some may wonder why this is being told to us now (Item #6, Consent Agenda); • Extend Completion Date – By moving the int…

2023.03.04

South DaCola
Sioux Falls City Hall still pushing for a Full-Time Arts coordinator: At the informational meeting this Tuesday the mayor’s office is still pushing for this position after the council has already denied the position last year; A. Arts Task Force Update on Arts Coordinat…

2023.03.04

South Dakota News Watch
South Dakota News Watch co-sponsor of state democracy conference set for USD on March 10 : The state of American democracy, and the role the media play in creating an informed electorate, will be at the heart of a daylong conference to be held on the... The post South Dakota News Watch co-s…

2023.03.03

The South Dakota Standard
E15 ruling will help farmers, as Biden once again aids agriculture. South Dakota Republicans won’t credit him, of course: Forget someone, Gov. Noem?South Dakota’s most well-known farmer/rancher took to Twitter on Wednesday to celebrate the news that the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rule to allow sales o…

2023.03.03

Bluestem Prairie
Minnesota Department of Health isn’t properly enforcing drinking water law, and kids will suffer: As I've written before, when former Minnesota state representative Jean Wagenius speaks up about drinking water, it's worth paying attention to what she has to say. Commentary from Thursday…

2023.03.03

Bluestem Prairie
Minnesota DNR: Tribal Chronic Wasting Disease surveillance contributes to statewide effort: A press release from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, part of Bluestem Prairie's continuing coverage of Chronic Wasting Disease in Minnesota. Tribal CWD surveillance contributes to…

2023.03.02

South Dakota News Watch
Exclusive: How South Dakota spent $14 billion of pandemic relief: South Dakota received nearly $14 billion in federal COVID-19 funding from March 2020 through January, according to an internal state fiscal report obtained exclusively by South Dakota News Watch. The…

2023.03.01

Bonny's Blog
March 1, 2023: COVID Weekly Data Update: Predominant Variant XBB.1.5 is the predominant variant in the U.S., as well as in HHS Region 8, which includes South Dakota (link). Last week, the CDC released a report comparing reinfection rates an…

2023.03.01

Bonny's Blog
Smallpox: The 1876 New Iceland Outbreak on Lake Winnipeg: After I retired early in the pandemic, it became clear that historical novels may be a vehicle for teaching important lessons about epidemiology and society’s response to disease outbreaks. In Octobe…

2023.02.27

Blog Roll: Greater SD Blogosphere

SleuthSayers
A Sense of Entitlement, Part 2: Two weeks ago, I did a column here at SleuthSayers about some of my favorite titles of books, stories and movies, and the comments made by friends and readers on that subject convinced me to follow th…

2023.03.04

Rant-a-Bit by Scott Hudson
The Ledge #558: New Releases (Pt. 1): Once again, there is so much great new music coming out that this month's new release show is forced to be split into two separate episodes. Tonight's first part not only features the usual…

2023.03.04

LivingNonviolence
And The Grief Goes On...: Some weeks are more challenging than others. A brief phone call from the local funeral director brought the request for a funeral service in the coming week to attend to the sudden death of a 55 yea…

2023.03.03

605 Speaks
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2023.03.03

SleuthSayers
I'm In The Story, Part Deux: This Time It's Personal. Or Maybe Not.: Last time in this space, I talked about one of my least favorite types of story: the roman à clef. I used Valley of the Dolls as my example. Roman à clefs are usually bad because they try to force fit…

2023.03.03

Idle Hands Dep't
Geography Div (What's in a name subsection): If you lived in Europe, what would you call yesterday??…

2023.02.27

605 Speaks
: Watch “#605 Speaks Lyman County” on YouTube#605 Speaks Lyman County#605Speaks coming up tonight with Kansas if Lyman County South Dakota…

2023.02.26

The Poetry of Barry G. Wick
Empty Spaces: Empty SpacesIf I had to think about itThe first was loveThe first two weeks in lifeAlone in the hospitalExcept for visits and nursesMother left me there So she could get strongerThe list of fillersSta…

2023.02.26

Idle Hands Dep't
A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div: New single from The Kody Norris Show, I call Her Sunshine. ... and the banjo player sings lead! Josiah Tyree - Banjo and lead vocal, KodyNorris - guitar, , Mary Rachel Nalley-Norris, - fiddle, and Cha…

2023.02.26

Rant-a-Bit by Scott Hudson
The Ledge #557: 1998: It's always shocking when you stumble upon tweets or articles noting the anniversary of beloved albums. You can't help but wonder how something that seems like it came out yesterday is actua…

2023.02.25

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