According to Governor Kristi Noem’s various executive orders, South Dakota is in a disaster and a state of emergency, but we are not in a…
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Twelve days ago, when Governor Kristi Noem said “up to 30 percent of our population could get sick” with coronavirus, I calculated from CDC figures…
Governor Kristi Noem revised her projection of the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, saying today that South Dakota will see the worst of it come…
Governor Kristi Noem is exercising a novel form of pocket veto on the budget and spending bills still on her desk. She signed the FY2021…
Governor Kristi Noem issued two executive orders Monday. One does things to address the coronavirus pandemic; the other does nothing. Executive Order 2020-07 tackles covid-19…
In an article leading with the fact that Governor Kristi Noem put her deputy chief of staff Beth Hollatz on unpaid leave starting February 3…
I would like to be proven wrong about how long we’re going to have to combat coronavirus with drastic isolation. I would like to think…
During yesterday’s on-mic failure of leadership, Donald Trump asserted that he’s not hearing anything about people who need coronavirus testing being unable to access that…
Last week Governor Kristi Noem vetoed two bills that passed with near unanimity. House Bill 1012 and House Bill 1013 sought to clean up 194…
Oh, yeah, and while y’all were out hoarding toilet paper, the Legislature passed a budget. Actual FY2018 Actual FY 2019 Budgeted FY 2020 Requested FY…