South Dakota state government is once again infringing on individual freedom under the guise of public health mandates: The swimming beach at Lake Alvin Recreation…
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The eight Indiana University students who lost their lawsuit against their school’s coronavirus vaccine mandate appealed to the United States Supreme Court, shouting about their right…
The right-wing extremists Rapid City voters elected to their school board this summer are showing their political pro-pandemic disregard for facts and duty. At Monday’s…
The Centers for Disease Control yesterday revised its coronavirus guidance, telling Americans who’ve been fully vaccinated against covid-19 that they can pretty much go without…
Yesterday the Legislature sent to the Governor’s desk Senate Bill 3, an extension of the Department of Health’s emergency pandemic-prevention enforcement powers for another year.…
I messed up again. Yesterday I wrote that Senator Al Novstrup had shown some civic responsibility in following the Board of Regents rules for wearing…
Representative Phil Jensen (R-33/Rapid City) has a lot of predictable right-wing horsehockey in his bucket of bills. But he also has a couple of bills…
Nurse Erin Tobin beat anti-vaxxer Republican House Majority Leader Lee Qualm in last year’s District 21 Senate GOP primary. She vowed last November to wear…
A couple months ago, Sanford Hospital CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft informed his employees that he’d recovered from covid-19 and thus didn’t have to wear a mask:…
One of the first things President Joe Biden will do to fight coronavirus is require masks in federal buildings and on federal property, because, well,…