Dang it! I count on Dakota War College to keep me up to the minute on all of Senator John Thune’s ejaculations on public policy. But today, I…
Tag: politics
We’re entering the final thrilling weeks of our referendum push! I’m walking around Aberdeen (and friends and allies are working Rapid City, Sioux Falls, and elsewhere) with…
The U.S. Supreme Court will rule this month on King v. Burwell, a case that questions whether Congress intended to offer tax subsidies for health insurance to all income-qualified Americans or…
We can say one good thing about Mayor Mike Huether’s inaction on free rides for young people on Sioux Falls buses this summer: at least he didn’t block the…
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is promoting universal voter registration, a system used in many other democracies, to spotlight and challenge what she sees as a systematic effort…
The cosmos is off kilter when the most instructive and interesting reportage on the Rapid City meeting of Blue Ribbon Task Force on Teachers and Students (BluRTFTS)…
Friend of the blog Stan Gibilisco pokes his head up from his secret project to let all of us know he has fully abandoned the Republican…
Point of journalist’s privilege: Pat Powers responds to Floridian political adventurist Peter Waldron’s formal request that Secretary of State Shantel Krebs investigate Rep. Steve Hickey’s alleged 2012 petition perjury by properly…
The Aberdeen American News goes out on two limbs this week. The Hub City’s editorial board tells Aberdeen voters they have “failed” in producing a dismal…
Bring out the long knives! Armed with the Annette Bosworth felony precedent, petition signers are accusing Rep. Steve Hickey (R-9/Sioux Falls) of committing the same crime in 2012…