The Lake Byron Sanitary District continues to have trouble operating according to Hoyle. They have a $3.475-million loan and a $2-million grant approved by the state…
Tag: openness
The South Dakota Newspaper Association praised Governor Kristi Noem last week for her transparency efforts. The newspaperers evidently missed yet another violation of her pledge…
The University of South Dakota put federal public defender Neil Fulton in charge of our law school last week. USD passed over two out-of-staters with…
In other signs of Governor Kristi Noem letting her corporate handlers run the show while she tweets, the Governor’s website still has no information on…
When she was asking for our votes, Kristi Noem promised to “throw open the doors” of state government. But Wednesday, when Representative Kelly Sullivan (D-13/Sioux…
Remember how Speaker Steven Haugaard was trumpeting his desire for a stronger Legislature? Governor Kristi Noem is having none of it: By all accounts, Noem…
If Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Austin/Aberdeen makes it back from his Texas vacation in time for Senate State Affairs this morning, he’ll hear six measures, only…
Remember this flyer from the 2018 campaign? Transparent, the flyer for incumbent District 3 legislators Al Novstrup and Drew Dennert and the aspiring Carl Perry…
District 3 legislators are having a hard time with transparency this Session. Not only are Senator Al Novstrup, Representative Drew Dennert, and rookie Representative Carl…
We all know that “one of the gravest modern offenses to government transparency” is to conduct government business via a private e-mail server. One of…