Outgoing Senator Billie Sutton (D-21/Burke) attended Governor Dennis Daugaard’s final budget address in Pierre yesterday. With the woman to whom he lost the gubernatorial election…
Tag: politics
You know that post I wrote last Wednesday asking if Kris Langer might be the likely choice for Senate Majority Leader? Strike that question mark:…
Yankton golf pro Kevin Doby takes a swing at evangelical Trumpist hypocrisy by pointing out that those Trump lovers should also groove to Judas Priest and…
I didn’t get around to watching Saturday Night Live‘s pre-election show until last night (ah, the asynchronicity of Internet living!). But Michael Che’s observation from…
A thought occurs to me. The Senate Republican caucus has yet to elect its leadership. When the caucus gathers next week in Pierre (Tuesday, December…
A slightly more fun political item from the Herb Jones history file comes from the October 6, 1992, Huron Plainsman, which reports on page 5…
Randall Moody was registered Republican for over 50 years. He cast his first vote for Barry Goldwater for President. He says he is leaving his…
Missouri voters turned out Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill, but they voted to increase their minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2023. Missouri and Utah…
Once again, Donald Trump reduces the consumption of South Dakota agricultural products: Two tom turkeys, plucked from among the masses at Riverside Colony north of…
In 2016, thanks to the all-too-briefly enacted Initiated Measure 22, we had two gubernatorial candidates declare less than two weeks after the election. Dusty Johnson…