Governor Dennis Daugaard has asked the South Dakota Supreme Court to render advisory opinions on two bills awaiting his signature: Senate Bill 136, the tax…
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The Senate advanced one bad bill for agriculture, the environment, and citizen participation last week; now the House has a chance to pass one good bill for agriculture, the environment,…
Senator David Novstrup established for absolute certain today that he won’t run against me for his District 3 Senate seat. He was appointed errand boy…
Whether you’re heading to today’s crackerbarrels with curiosity or protest signs, you should be ready to ask your legislators questions. Some may want to ask about votes…
The District 1 delegation offered Aberdeen residents their first Legislative crackerbarrel of the year at a “Front Porch Conversation” hosted by the Brown County Democrats…
Just what I wanted in my Christmas stocking—the first bills of the 2016 Legislative Session! HB, SB, whee whee whee! Now listed on the website that…
Former State Senator Stanford Adelstein pays me to advertise his blog, but he doesn’t have to pay me to link to his solution to raising teacher pay…
Dr. David Newquist and Wendell Berry both meditate on the industrial hollowing out of America’s agricultural land and soul. I do both men injustice with mere…
While we Aberdonians have been getting all excited about the dust-up over Brown County IT chief Paul Sivertsen’s questionable activities on the taxpayer dime, Jonathan…
The Pennington County Commission voted 3–2 on Tuesday to not oppose the Rosebud Sioux Tribe’s effort to put the Pe’ Sla prairie oasis in the…