As I page through the new statewide Single Audit Report for FY 2015 (yes, we’ll get to the Department of Education this morning), I notice the list…
Tag: government
Last year, Yankton County Observer contributing editor Brian Hunhoff received national attention for his Sunshine Week column challenging government secrecy. This year, Hunhoff marks Sunshine Week (March 13–19) with this list of…
West River Eagle editor Ross DuBray blows the whistle on the Eagle Butte City Council’s failure to publish reliable minutes: This has been an ongoing issue with…
Last Sunday, Bruce Danielson alerted his Sioux Falls neighbors to two items on their city council’s agenda: a new three-dollar rental car tax and a proposal to let…
Sanford Health exerts a lot of political pull in South Dakota (pull which will be tested by its current effort to undo the will of…
Two Bills Aimed at Hartford: SB 64 Clarifies One Councilor One Vote; SB 65 Lets Auditor Block Recall
No sooner do I mention the council chaos in Hartford than two bills pop into the Legislative hopper hoping to clarify how city governments are supposed to…
Ah, sweet anarchy…. Hartford offers Libertarians and other chaoticians a brief exercise in the disappearance of government. Double-voting city councilman Doyle Johnson resigned last week following controversy over…
Ken Santema picks up South Dakota’s lone entry in the 2015 Wastebook, the project Arizona Senator Jeff Flake inherited from retired Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn to spotlight…
My post this morning on Dr. Chicoine’s impending reliance on Monsanto for the bulk of his income got one eager reader reviewing the complete list of…
Declines in public-sector employment and wages have dragged down the recovery from the 2008 recession. Those declines have also disproportionately hurt minority workers: Part of the reason…