WalletHub ranks the states for dependence on federal government funding and jobs. In our region, Minnesota and Nebraska are the least dependent on Uncle Sam,…
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Some of my Democratic friends wonder why I’m not enthusiastic about putting up Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether as a statewide candidate for our party. Knowing that…
Mayor Sam Kooiker has a city and a re-election campaign to run. But he has time to tell a story or two. Kooiker has two…
Hmm… given the significance of Judge Jeffrey Viken’s ruling in the American Indian foster care/Indian Child Welfare Act case in Rapid City, I’d have thought that our…
Two men are running for Rapid City Mayor: two-term incumbent Sam Kooiker and his former police chief Steve Allender. Allender “retired” from the Rapid City Police…
The South Dakota Legislature passed House Bill 1201 this year to make it easier for counties to open their doors to the un-Christlike, soul-sapping mechanization of meat…
Secretary of State Shantel Krebs has plenty of mess to clean up from her predecessor’s poor performance. The Lucy Burns Institute studied the accessibility of state election agencies in…
I yield the floor to Yankton County Observer editor Brian Hunhoff, who has gotten press in local papers around the country with this Sunshine Week…
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…
Here’s a political consistency question to chew on at lunch: South Dakota voters have approved constitutional amendments that require a two-thirds vote of the Legislature to impose…