I’m listening to the interim nonmeandered waters committee meeting from the Capitol via SDPB this morning. I notice that the agenda includes eight draft bills (including the…
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So for the last few years (and still today!), South Dakota has had the opportunity to expand Medicaid to provide health coverage to 50,000 South Dakotans…
Bowl of granola, glass of orange juice, and Dakota Free Press Podcast #6—now that’s breakfast! https://dakotafreepress.com/wp-content/podcast/DFP006.mp3 On this week’s show, Spencer Dobson and I discuss Aberdeen’s…
Every now and then, my truly conservative District 3 legislators talk sense. Representative Dan Kaiser and rookie Rep. Drew Dennert both appear to agree with…
…like how the telescreens and Room 101 are for your own good, Winston Smith. Greg Belfrage and I capped our interview this morning with a…
The last few minutes of yesterday’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel was a muddy jumble of questions and commentary on gun issues. Senator Brock Greenfield used the phrase…
I picked the rainiest day of the year in Hutchinson County to visit Mile Marker 410 of the TransCanada Keystone tar sands oil pipeline. What…
Last fall, I spotted the first Bernie Sanders sign in an Aberdeen yard west of South Main. Last month, I saw a Donald Trump sign on…
Last week I wondered what the motivation might be for Senate Bill 76, a measure that reduces the setback for most wind turbines on large wind farms…
Senator Brock Greenfield and a bunch of mostly conservatives are sponsoring a bill that appears to promote wind power. My neighbors the Novstrups have their…