If it doesn’t kill you, it only makes you stronger, right, Senator Jensen? Senator Phil Jensen, a Rapid City Republican, said the chances of people…
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T.F. Riggs High School in Pierre has to close its doors due to coronavirus: Pierre High School Superintendent Kelly Glodt said Thursday there were an…
On July 4, Donald Trump said 99% of coronavirus cases are “totally harmless.” Donald Trump must figure Roger Stone is a one-percenter. Among the reasons…
Governor Kristi Noem said Monday that we all should implement social distancing measures. O.K., said nine Pierre inmates: The breakout at the Pierre Community Work…
Who’s solving problems in Pierre? Democrats. Economist and Senator Reynold Nesiba (D-15/Sioux Falls) offers Senate Bill 96, which would lift South Dakota’s ban on Temporary…
In the spirit of Governor Kristi Noem’s call to identify with the downtrodden, I consider renaming my series of letters from the South Dakota State…
A poem from the South Dakota State Penitentiary:
South Dakota is the only state where ingestion of a controlled substance draws felony punishment. Ryan Redler received one such felony conviction for taking meth…
Quiet and constant social reformer Lawrence Diggs told the Green Aberdeen Chautauqua yesterday about his work with South Dakota’s prisoners. Among other projects, he spoke…
In good news, fewer people are in jail! According to the Legislative Research Council’s latest prison population report, South Dakota had 209 fewer people behind…