Steve Allender started blogging in July 2011, when he was Rapid City’s police chief. He wrote straightforward, often pointed responses to issues like the October 2013 blizzard response and, after…
Tag: openness
In the CPA-CYA department, the Department of Revenue tells us that it can’t tell us whether it’s going to take $2.4 million in unpaid bank…
Some of my Democratic friends wonder why I’m not enthusiastic about putting up Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether as a statewide candidate for our party. Knowing that…
I’ve reviewed the briefs filed in Mercer v. Jackley, the case before the Supreme Court in which reporter Bob Mercer is seeking access to the documents…
The South Dakota Legislature passed House Bill 1201 this year to make it easier for counties to open their doors to the un-Christlike, soul-sapping mechanization of meat…
Secretary of State Shantel Krebs has plenty of mess to clean up from her predecessor’s poor performance. The Lucy Burns Institute studied the accessibility of state election agencies in…
I yield the floor to Yankton County Observer editor Brian Hunhoff, who has gotten press in local papers around the country with this Sunshine Week…
When I asked Rep. Julie Bartling (D-21/Gregory) what disappointed her most about the 2015 Legislative Session, she cited the Republican leadership’s ongoing exclusion of the Democratic…
The Department of Justice says it is still investigating South Dakota’s EB-5 visa investment program… or at least that’s the excuse the feds give Jonathan Ellis for…
The state medical board adopted new conflict-of-interest rules Wednesday. Jonathan Ellis reports that members of the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners will be expected to recuse…