Tom Daschle is lending his name to an effort to rebuild Democratic fortunes in rural America. Rural Forward, a 501(4)c non-profit dedicated to “advocating for progressive…
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Last month I noted that Donald Trump was making empty promises on expanding rural Americans’ access to broadband Internet. His new infrastructure proposal proves my…
Rep. Spencer Gosch (R-23/Glenham) trots to the rescue of maybe a few small school districts—or maybe none at all—with House Bill 1215. While the bill…
Donald Trump has spent the year doing the opposite of what judge-turned-Congressional candidate Tim Bjorkman recommends. Trump’s Bureau of Prisons, under the Department of Justice,…
Feedlot fanatic Speaker G. Mark Mickelson (R-13/Sioux Falls) continues to press his one-track vision of rural economic development by threatening to take away state aid to…
Shop online and local: get your friends a book from Frederick, South Dakota, for Christmas! Frederick entrepreneur Heidi Marttila-Losure edited Dakotafire magazine for five years, promoting discussions…
Good clean rural South Dakota fun—head to Orland September 9! St. Peter Lutheran Church closed last April, but my friend Charlie Johnson and other neighbors…
The University of South Dakota’s Law School Relocation Task Force held its inaugural meeting yesterday in Vermillion to talk about whether the state should move…
Even if TransCanada does build Keystone XL, Colorado tech consultant Seth Miller predicts it will run dry by 2025, thanks to the adoption of self-driving…
Republican Senator John Thune is calling for more government regulation to keep us safe in our future self-driving cars. I would think a good Republican…