Lori Walsh is bringing a major improvement to South Dakota Public Broadcasting’s coverage of Legislative races. In the past, SDPB did canned videos for YouTube…
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David Newquist contends that the Republican Party’s professional character assassination of political reporter David Kranz in the 2004 Thune/Daschle campaign put a permanent chill on…
Among the remembrances offered on the passing of South Dakota political journalist Dave Kranz is Tony Venhuizen’s farewell. The Republican politico and chief of staff…
The Republican spin blog complains that Dana Ferguson spent “half” of her GOP convention recap reporting citizen protest outside the convention of the Republican Party’s policy…
Two weeks ago, Republican gubernatorial candidate Marty Jackley released his “Hometown South Dakota Initiative,” a gussied-up endorsement of South Dakota’s economic development status quo. Now…
I usually pay no attention to the commemorations with which legislators frost their calendars. However, some of the Whereases in Senate Commemoration 28, honoring KELO-TV’s…
An eager reader notices that Senator John Thune was among lawmakers calling last year for an investigation of the United States Olympic Committee’s handling of…
Senator Neal Tapio has yet to introduce any legislation this Session. But he continues to yell about enemies of the state. In addition to saying…
Donald Trump spent his first 347 days in the White House telling 1,950 fibs and lies. Yet he calls journalists like me “dishonest,” “disgusting,” and…
I don’t do New Year’s resolutions—I do New Year’s Top Ten lists! I do resolve to maintain my commitment to the original journalism that sets Dakota…