The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Teachers and Students wrapped up its information-gathering sessions here in Aberdeen Tuesday. I attended all three sessions and found…
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Unlike Kristi Noem, the Public Utilities Commission really is seeking public input on the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The PUC is hosting a public input session…
Referendum petitions are due Monday after next, June 29. We’ll be busy counting and organizing our petitions next weekend, so this weekend is the last big weekend for…
The Governor’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on Teachers and Students drew good crowds in Sioux Falls yesterday. Patrick Anderson of that Sioux Falls paper reports over a hundred participants at…
Ag United wants you to know that the Minnehaha County Commission is hearing appeals on two Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) tomorrow, Tuesday, June 16: The…
If we Democrats and über-conservative Republicans could get along, we could tag-team Governor Daugaard into a tizzy. At the same time that he was penning a specious,…
The program for the public informational session on the petition drives to refer SB 69 and SB 177 just got more interesting: Joining the spectrum-spanning roster speaking…
Rapid City businessman and blogger John Tsitrian is doing great work focusing on the practical policy side of his city’s mayoral contest between incumbent Sam Kooiker and…
It’s Day 39 of our petition drive to refer Senate Bills 69 and 177, the Incumbent Protection Plan and the youth minimum wage. If you’d like…
Want a double dose of democracy? Aberdeen’s League of Women Voters and the Chamber of Commerce are hosting a candidate forum this Saturday, May 9, 10 a.m. at…