Aberdeen teacher Teresa Markley rose at Saturday’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel to ask how Republican legislators could tell us for thirty years that there’s no money to boost teacher pay, then…
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Whether you’re heading to today’s crackerbarrels with curiosity or protest signs, you should be ready to ask your legislators questions. Some may want to ask about votes…
Both chambers of the South Dakota Legislature convene at 2 p.m. Central today. The House takes up HB 1182, the sales tax for teacher pay bill; the…
Remember the stealth voucher bill Senator Phyllis Heineman (R-13/Sioux Falls) offered last year? That plan to launder public dollars to support parochial schools passed the Senate but narrowly failed in the House…
House Bill 1182, Governor Dennis Daugaard’s half-penny sales tax increase to fund teacher pay raises, goes to the full House today for debate. Among the numerous…
In other news… I’m running for the District 3 State Senate seat. From my campaign Issues page… I’m running for South Dakota Senate because I love…
With the faux-family values crowd in Pierre, it’s hard to tell if we’re in the 1950s or 1984. The radical religious right who mistake the Legislature…
The Department of Labor and Regulation annually reports on job placement outcomes for our postsecondary graduates. The 2015 report tells us how many graduates from Fiscal Years…
I took apart Senator Jeff Monroe’s retread proposal to sneak his religion into science class when he announced his intention to retry his creationism legislation early…
Rep. Fred Deutsch’s paranoid potty bill bullies transgender kids. It will also prevent Fred from taking a whiz at next year’s Watertown HS basketball games. House Bill 1008 seeks…