We tried this heading into the 2014 Session; let’s try it again! Dakota Free Press readers include some of the sharpest policy thinkers in state. So let’s…
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Pie and conversation about rural development—yes, please! Dakotafire Media, Grow South Dakota, and Dakota Resources are hosting the Prairie Idea Exchange, a community conversation at the Dakota…
My reporter friends at the Aberdeen American News labor under strict prohibitions on political activity, like not being able to sign petitions. Yet their statewide political reporter (whom…
The state Department of Environment and Natural Resources is taking public comment on its proposed revision of the General Water Pollution Control Permit for Concentrated…
Faulkton voters will have their say on whether their school district should spend millions of dollars to build a new building and renovate some existing school space. AAN’s Shannon Marvel reports…
Stu Whitney earns his pay for the week with his lengthy profile of alpha barista and payday-lender fighter Steve Hildebrand. Whitney reports that the intense fight for…
Bob Mercer reports that attendance at Department of Transportation public meetings has been declining. DOT officials think that’s a good sign: Attendance has dropped, acknowledged Mike…
An eager reader shares a post from Minneapolis high school language arts teacher Ben MacKenzie on how to attract more teachers to K-12 education: I believe…
And if all these petitions aren’t enough political engagement for you, Ellee Spawn is hosting a Bernie Sanders kickoff event in Sioux Falls tonight! No, the junior Senator…
One person on the way into the final listening session of the Blue Ribbon K-12 funding task force asked me, “Is this going to be a…