The data-based and hence attention-worthy FiveThirtyEight posts charts on what it calls the “Endorsement Primary,” tallies of endorsements of the Presidential candidates by governors and members of…
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Governor Dennis Daugaard is taking no stance on whether South Dakota should accept Syrian refugees, perhaps wisely, since states have no authority in determining who can cross…
The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Teachers and Students offers a couple of helpful charts to illustrate the hole we’ve dug for our state funding of K-12…
The Aberdeen City Council has set December 15 as the day for Aberdonians to vote on the bond financing for the new public library. The special election will…
Dakota State University announced plans last June to plunk the new Miles Beacom IT building on the southeast corner of campus. That chunk of campus is…
A great building shell game moves one step closer to reality this week as the Board of Regents takes up at its Aberdeen meeting today the plan to…
South Dakota loves its democracy! Following up on discussions last July, the Minnehaha County Historical Society has launched a double-barreled petition drive to right a toponymic…
The Pennington County Democratic Party is taking a stand for indigenous rights over colonialism. In a resolution passed at their Tuesday meeting, the Pennington County…
Listening to South Dakota Public Radio this morning, I think I heard Secretary of Education Melody Schopp say that the new K-12 social studies standards approved by…