Our civics show ponies continue to trot out their proposals to make us all better citizens. Former social studies teacher turned Senator Jim Bolin (R-16/Canton)…
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The 1994 Crime Bill banned Pell Grants to prisoners. In 2015, the Obama Administration created the Second Chance Pell Program, which allows a maximum of…
Governor Kristi Noem wants to force kids to take a civics test to get their high school diplomas. Representative Fred Deutsch just wants to give…
I could spend a big chunk of my morning analyzing the state school report card data tables, which show that thirteen out of 154 South…
Governor Kristi Noem better send a memo to Tony Venhuizen’s seat-warmer over in Education, Interim Secretary Ben Jones, and tell him to tell his department…
While Governor Kristi Noem has opened her administration with cramped, visionless proposals, illogical Trumpist excuse-making, and bunker-mentality sniping at other states, freshly inaugurated Governor Gavin…
Governor Kristi Noem addressed the South Dakota Legislature this afternoon. Several of her words deserve highlighting. (All quotes come from the transcript Governor Noem provided…
Legislators are officially planning to take up the issue of residency… but not, as far as we know, the issue of any legislators’ voting residency.…
The Republican leadership has put Rep. Lana Greenfield (R-2/Doland) in charge of the House Education Committee. What could go wrong there? Sure, it’s nice that…
Kristi Noem just appointed Cooter Secretary of Education! Yeeha! Oh, possum on a gumbush—wrong Ben Jones. Dr. Benjamin F. Jones will take six months off…