Five years ago, the Obama EPA doubled the amount of Roundup farmers could apply to food crops because they were more concerned about fighting increasingly…
Tag: health
We’re awfully happy for a state where kids die at a faster rate than anywhere else in America: …Whereas nationally 26 children per 100,000 will…
Instead of talking about raising wages, South Dakota’s corporate-Republican leadership excuses low wages by alleging that it costs less to live here. I’ve regularly explained…
In various peaceful public demonstrations here in Aberdeen, including the most recent march against gun violence organized by our Aberdeen High School Democrats, I have…
In this week’s anti-commercial message, Secretary of State Shantel Krebs is trying to put the Mitchell Taco John’s out of business. Testifying Monday in Senate…
Quick statistical note, for those of you setting policy priorities based on actual data (from 2007 through 2016): Number of South Dakotans killed by opioid…
While the Trump Administration tries to figure out what a national health emergency really means, South Dakota’s leaders should perhaps consider declaring a state health…
One chart tucked in the Government Operations and Audit Committee dossier for today shows that a large majority of state employees don’t like going to…
Keep it zipped, Sturgis Rally-goers: you’re a lot more likely to get gonorrhea or chlamydia from your new South Dakota friends than you are to…
South Dakota KIDS COUNT fills its Twitter stream with interesting data. Today’s chart shows that we’re doing a relatively poor job of persuading teenagers not…