Unlike retiring Senator Timothy Johns (R-31/Lead), Senate Minority Leader Troy Heinert (D-26/Mission) hasn’t been arrested for drunk driving. But like his Lead colleague, Heinert plans…
Tag: politics
The House and Senate have agreed on a compromise map, the Sparrow map we discussed in this morning’s post. Bob Mercer notes that the much…
Kristi Noem appears to have remained in South Dakota this past weekend. After parading through Vermillion for Dakota Days Saturday morning, our part-time Governor and…
Jason Ravnsborg’s only real skill is butt-kissing, not butt-kicking. But could blatant corruption in the office of the Governor seeking to sack him be motivating…
Something Jonathan Ellis wrote last week about the chances of impeaching killer Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has me wondering if any Republicans in Pierre know…
I can understand pundits from the national conservatariat lazily spouting their boilerplate about “hard-left activists” taking over education in South Dakota. Most conservatives nowadays aren’t…
South Dakota’s Democratic Party establishment has a hard time speaking out boldly for women’s reproductive rights. Too often South Dakota Democrats not only remain silent…
Dr. Bob Burns, the eminence grise of South Dakota political science, rises to the defense of our imperiled democracy and calls on all of us…
If I were running for Governor—and obviously, I’m not, because I haven’t filed any official campaign finance papers to organize my campaign committee—what would I…
A friend is having trouble generating momentum on a reform campaign in South Dakota and asked me why that might be. I would suggest that…