Fellow Democrats, liberals, and other sensible people regularly ask me what grounds for hope remain for good government in South Dakota. How about this: A…
Tag: local control
After SDGOP chairman Dan Lederman failed to stop the Republican-controlled Brown County Commission from passing a moratorium against carbon dioxide pipelines like the one Lederman’s…
Thanks to the Alito court, we may need sanctuary cities for women: The city of Austin is attempting to shield its residents from prosecution under…
Speaking of disempowerment by Executive pressure, Mayor Steve Allender of Rapid City sounds unhappy with the state government’s ongoing effort to usurp local control. On Twitter…
Last week, Governor Kristi Noem announced that she wants to take control of residential zoning away from municipal governments to somehow promote affordable housing the…
On the good side, the Trump Administration seems to be backing away from the Donald’s typical management-by-blind-bullying threat to withhold funds from schools who don’t…
Senator John Wiik takes a moment to claim that his Senate Bill 54, the plastic-ban ban, will save us from coronavirus: Governor Noem held a…
Just when we think the Legislature has come to its senses, it proves us wrong. After voting last week 30–33 to throw away Senate Bill…
Gregory-area rancher Nancy Johnson Wirsing wrote last month about the apparent journalistic tilt toward pro-CAFO corporate propaganda. This month she writes about the hazards of…
The House yesterday voted down Senate Bill 54, the plastic ban ban. Representative Kelly Sullivan (D-13/Sioux Falls) rose to point out that SB 54 is…