Folks in Aberdeen do enjoy their Chinese connections. First a brand new beef plant, now a brand new Chinese program at Northern State University! The South…
Tag: education
Mr. Ehrisman noticed this weekend the 2014 Annual Report from the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. Among the juicy morsels presented is this chart showing the relatively healthy…
Senator Bernie Hunhoff still sees progress being made toward expanding Medicaid, but he says the biggest disappointment of the 2015 Legislative Session is his colleagues’ continued…
Speaking of education, one quite little bill coasted through the Legislature this year that could make the school year longer in a few districts. House Bill…
Senator Phil Jensen (R-33/Rapid City) was having a bad enough day Friday. The conservative lawmaker saw the Legislature rubber-stamping the Executive Branch’s proposals. He watched his Republican leadership collaborate…
Rep. Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) cites as his top accomplishment for the 2015 Legislature the defeat of House Bill 1207: Rep. Justin Cronin brought HB 1207 out of concern that…
University students were hoping the Legislature could make a tuition freeze a priority. Oh, silly kids: A joint legislative committee killed a bill Thursday that would’ve…
I was ready to give my Representative Dan Kaiser (R-3/Aberdeen) a hard time for voting against Senate Bill 53, the 2% increase in K-12 funding.…
The hoghouse fun continues. Senate Bill 176 was supposed to fund the development of online educational resources. In its original form, the Department of Education would have…
As I noted this morning, House Appropriations needed this morning to move Senate Bill 53, the annual Cutler-Gabriel adjustment to property tax levies and the…