Knowing they can’t win on South Dakota issues or their personalities, Republicans are desperate to make South Dakota’s 2018 election about national issues that our…
Tag: labor
One of my District 3 ticketmates, Democratic House candidate Justin Roemmick, includes the $15 minimum wage in his pro-worker platform. I’ve thought that we might…
Donald Trump’s used-car salesman hyperbole disgusts me. Yesterday he posted this propaganda bleat to Twitter, in which he stands in front of the White House…
If you or someone you love works for a living (well, that should catch everybody!), you’ll enjoy my next public forum on labor rights: Monday’s…
Some racist jerks are throwing KKK flyers around Sioux Falls… with candy. Sticking messages of racial hate in plastic bags with suckers and dropping them on the street…
Apparently South Dakota isn’t the only state where employers and policymakers are capable of ignoring the obvious. Employers nationwide are responding to 3.9% unemployment by trying…
Governor Dennis Daugaard says our K-12 education system is failing the majority of students by not preparing them all to get post-secondary degrees: Are we…
While I’m at it, I should note a few of the other “high-wage” jobs included on South Dakota’s “Hot Careers” website. The South Dakota Department…
In my random blog-walk of the morning, I get from empathy and arts in government to the state helping an anti-gay church find a pastor.…
While they rebuffed a drunk driver’s effort to get off on a technicality, the South Dakota Supreme Court this week did do a favor for…