Voters who were grouchy about rising grocery prices during President Joe Biden’s administration should be throw-the-bums-out outraged about grocery inflation now, because (a) it’s worse,…
Tag: food
I notice the South Dakota GOP is holding its three-day convention at the Monument in Rapid City June 25–27. The SDGOP’s convention registration page emphasizes…
The USDA has published a final rule to implement provisions of the 2014 Farm Bill increasing the variety of staple foods stores must stock to…
As I noted in my update to yesterday’s post on Governor Rhoden’s claim that he and Kristi Noem once supported repealing South Dakota’s unusual sales…
Update 2026.05.03 07:22 CDT: An eager reader who was in the room three years ago pointed out that as Lieutenant Governor, Larry Rhoden did testify…
House Bill 1082, Representative Kadyn Wittman’s (D-15/Sioux Falls) hard-fought campaign to make school meals free for kids who already qualify for the reduced price, still…
If Republicans reject the latest Democratic proposal to eliminate South Dakota’s unusual sales tax on food, maybe they’ll at least support a tax break for…
Democrats are taking another swing at repealing South Dakota’s food tax. District 15’s dynamic House Dems Erik Muckey and Kadyn Wittman offer House Bill 1281,…
Rep. John Sjaarda (R-2/Valley Springs) wants to ban test-tube meat for ten years. Rep. Julie Auch (R-18/Yankton) wants to treat cell-cultured protein like shit. Rep.…
South Dakota passionately defends and subsidizes production of milk and meat from animals raised in confinement amidst massive leap-prone pools of sewage, but some Republican…