During Session, I doggedly ignored the chislic debate, deeming the designation of a state nosh too trivial for blog time. But when Freeman hosts its…
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Marty Jackley lost the primary to the less-qualified Kristi Noem, but he can celebrate winning his big Supreme Court case. Despite Jackley’s shaky performance in…
One jar of peanut butter. A Sioux Falls woman brought one jar of peanut butter to Senate Taxation this morning. Her furnace broke down this…
But Cut the Sales Tax on Food? Perish the Thought! My neighbor Betty Sheldon made an impassioned plea to legislators at Saturday’s crackerbarrel to protect…
South Dakota Republicans are salivating at the prospect of judicial activists overturning stare decisis and allowing South Dakota to conscript out-of-state businesses in South Dakota’s effort…
As promised, I spent Friday at the Fair. Most of the time, especially once the early showers ended and the sun brought the crowds out,…
One of the advantages of living in town over living in the country is that folks should be able to walk to the grocery store.…
Dakota Free Press Podcast #004 is ready for your ears! https://dakotafreepress.com/wp-content/podcast/DFP004.mp3 After our Veto Day conversation, Republican Representative Drew Dennert was willing to sit for another 20-minute chat…
As if denying us water isn’t enough, the Trump budget also puts our food supply in peril. So says Elizabeth Grossman in Civil Eats: “Regardless of…
During last year’s debate over raising sales tax to raise teacher pay, conservative Republicans like Representative Elizabeth May justified their opposition to the plan by endorsing…