Readers talk a lot on Dakota Free Press. Who talks the most? Here are the 50 commenters who clicked “Post Comment” most frequently in 2017: Thirteen of…
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The Interim Task Force on Initiative and Referendum meets tomorrow to consider twenty draft proposals for reforming (and, all too frequently, hurting) South Dakota’s ballot…
After just a day and a half of hearings, the Initiative and Referendum Task Force has already asked the Legislative Research Council to draft at…
What can we learn from yesterday’s public testimony before the Legislature’s Initiative and Referendum Task Force? Most interested parties think initiative and referendum is good…
Hey! I may finally get to meet Lisa Furlong on Wednesday! The Legislature’s Initiative and Referendum Task Force meets this week Tuesday and Wednesday. While…
Rep. Kristi Noem is trying to spin the Department of Energy’s cancellation of the Deep Borehole Field Test as evidence that her Führer is hearing the anti-nuclear concerns of South Dakotans. I…
Some Minnesota IT folks have put together TakeBackYourState.com. The website’s goal is to give voters “a forum to share their opinion on the bills being discussed…
The Environmental Protection Agency is taking public comment on the two draft permits it wants to issue to foreign corporation Azarga/Powertech to shoot water into…
It looks like Senator Mike Rounds got six people to come sit and have coffee with him on Monday at his “coffee event” in Murdo: Six…
Here’s today’s just-concluded Watertown town hall with Rep. Kristi Noem, recorded by Anne Weyer. The moderator is former District 5 Senator Ried Holien: Always fun…